Feature 1 | cruiSeShip technology
Cruiseship safety forum launched
December saw the first steering group meeting of a new pan-cruise
industry consortium, which has come together to advance cruiseship safety
in a coordinated and focused manner.
T
he newly constituted Cruise Ship new cruiseships and modification of existing would develop advice concerning the operation
Safety Forum includes leading cruiseships’. It would also provide a forum to of watertight doors. Mr Allan said a number of
cruisehip operators, classification consider regulatory and other safety initiatives accidents had been exacerbated by ‘confusion
societies, and shipyards with a keen interest and develop and pursue ‘a coordinated position over whether watertight doors should be open
in the cruise sector, as well as the Cruise Lines to external bodies such as IMO, the EU, and or closed. The cruiseship industry needs advice
International Association. It is the result of an the wider shipping community’. here, developed in conjunction with [IMO]
idea first proposed by Hari Kulovaara, senior Given the Explorer sinking, some may feel Member States.’
vice president, operations, Royal Caribbean the launch of the CSSF is timely, although Mr Another area for review concerned hull
International. Allan emphasised that CSSF’s initiation long underside surveys, where the Safety of Life at
Alongside RCI, the steering committee preceded the event. ‘There are cases where we Sea Convention is mute over whether such
includes Carnival Corp and Norwegian may need to react to accidents that provide surveys are done in or out of the water. The
Cruise Lines, class bodies Lloyd’s Register, Det lessons for the industry. But what we are trying CSSF would develop proposals for the IMO to
Norske Veritas, and RINa, and cruise shipyards to do is to make sure that such accidents don’t standardise surveys carried out underwater.
Fincantieri, Aker, and Meyer Werft. happen in the first place.’ A fifth issue, driven by the US Access
Former International Maritime Already, five issues have been identified for Board but still developing, related to visual
Organization Maritime Safety Committee immediate consideration. emergency alarms designed to protect the
chairman Tom Allan is chairing the steering Two relate to ships returning to port in the hard of hearing, but which are not confusing
group. Its remit is to provide direction for the case of an accident. Mr Allan said the CSSF for other passengers.
embryonic forum, which is expected to attract would look to develop clarificatory, unified Mr Allan said that the self-funding Safety
wider representation from the cruise industry, interpretations of ship safety regulations, in Forum’s future meetings would coincide with
and will be open to all CLIA members and, by a discussion that would likely lead to joint industry gatherings, with a meeting planned
invitation, to their technical consultants. IACS/CLIA submissions to the IMO aimed at for Seatrade, Miami, and another for May’s
With senior representation from ‘all three ensuring that operators can establish that they MSC.
sides’ of the industry, Mr Allan said that the will comply with future regulation. The second Indicating that the Cruise Ship Safety Forum
Forum had been set up ‘to develop and promote strand, here, would address survivability, was at just the start of its work, as issues on the
a unified strategic direction for advancing to establish clearcut guidelines for masters current agenda are dealt with, new matters
cruiseship safety issues in their broadest sense; involved in accidents, as to whether they will take their place. Issues for future steering
to include, for example, security, health, and should return to port, stay where they are, or group consideration include bridge navigation
environmental matters.’ He said the body abandon ship. Class societies would take the systems, the human element in general, search
would ‘proactively address issues as they relate lead role in this area. and rescue, lifesaving and evacuation, smoke
to the future of the industry, as they pertain to On the operational side, where cruiseship management and, in a first environmental
the design and construction and operation of companies would take the lead, the CSSF topic, ‘the carbon footprint’. NA
Timely action?
The heavily listing
Explorer in the
Bransfield Strait on
23 November 2007.
The Naval Architect February 2008 25
NA Feb 08 -
p25.indd 25 05/02/2008 09:34:24
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108 |
Page 109 |
Page 110 |
Page 111 |
Page 112 |
Page 113 |
Page 114 |
Page 115 |
Page 116 |
Page 117 |
Page 118 |
Page 119 |
Page 120