>>>This idea gets kicked around every few years. Never seems to get much
>>>of anywhere.
>>>
>>>--G.
>>
>>This version's the brainchild of Clive Palmer, an Australian mining
>>magnate whose other claims to fame include public ally accusing one of
>>our political parties of being run by the CIA, attempting to line his
>>golf course with 150 life-size animatronic dinosaurs and being rich as
>>fuck. My girlfriend's got an interest in mining and thinks he won't go
>>through with it, but I'm not sure.
>
>Hopefully, he won't go so far into 'accuracy uber alles' that it
>doesn't comply with modern safety standards, like watertight
>compartments that aren't water tight, or only having enough life boats
>for a fraction of the crew and passengers... if it gets built at all.

Unlike the original, however, Titanic II will feature a modern hospital, a helicopter landing pad, full air-conditioning and access to high-speed internet. Also, unlike the first ship, it has more than enough lifeboats and evacuation equipment for all passengers and crew should the unthinkable happen and history repeat itself. It was a point that Palmer was careful to dwell on. “They are very safe,” he said of the fleet of lifeboats that Titanic II will carry. “They are modernised. They are enclosed. You could go around the world in them,” he said.

...

But Palmer, a jovial and brash mogul who likes to style himself "professor", refused to be drawn into predicting that his new boat would be “unsinkable” – and thus avoided repeating an act of hubris that the backers of the first Titanic famously made. “Anything will sink if you put a hole in it,” Palmer admitted of Titanic II. But he joked that due to global warming the risks of travelling through the waters near the Arctic circle had lessened considerably. “There are not so many icebergs in the North Atlantic these days,” he said.

A bit rich coming from a coal baron, but fair point I suppose.