Navigating Danger in Thick Fog

A massive tanker cuts through calm waters at 14 knots under clear skies. Within minutes,

thick fog rolls in and rain starts hammering the deck. The captain rushes to the engine controls

and throttles down from full ahead to half ahead. The speed log drops to 11 knots as visibility

shrinks to nearly zero. In open ocean, you can't just hit the brakes.

Reducing speed in bad weather isn't about being cautious, it's about survival. At high speed in

zero visibility, you're blind and unstoppable. Every knot matters when you're piloting

a vessel that takes miles to stop.