THE Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) on Thursday said that humanerror played a large part in the recent collision of two ships in Talisay City, Cebu that resulted in the death of 75 people.

Marina Administrator Maximo Mejia Jr. said that initial investigation of the collision between passenger ship MV Saint Thomas Aquinas of 2GO and Sulpicio Express 7 of Philippine Span Asia showed that the former deviated from its usual route.

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