safety at sea cannot be stressed enough at all times

Implications: Two high-speed ferries collided in thick fog between Hong Kong and Macau yesterday, injuring about 140 people, the operator of the vessels said. The Funchal, traveling from Hong Kong to Macau with 229 passengers on board, collided with the Santa Maria, heading in the opposite direction with 206 passengers.Low visibility may have caused the collision. Fog was blamed for three collisions in Hong Kong waters yesterday, the South China Morning Post said. Another Macau- bound jetfoil with 386 passengers and crew collided with a Hong Kong fishing boat off Lantau Island at 10:10 a.m. local time, the newspaper reported.

Analysis: The facts are not clear-however,it seems that there was a great deal of fog around.The impact of two jetfoils hitting each other is immense even at a slow speed,which these vessels do not travel at.I have stressed frequently the need to never ever take any risks when passengers or crew are involved.