Thursday, July 19, 2012

This last of the three policies addresses issues not dealt with by current regulation, specifically




Following the spate of cruise dollar rent a car code liners that sank or were run aground earlier this year, three new safety policies have been implemented by cruise industry authorities, the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) and European Cruise Council. The new policies are to be implemented dollar rent a car code immediately. Included in the safety policies are improved passage planning on the ships and improved access to bridge and life jackets for passengers. These policies are the third intervention that have occurred as a result of a cruise line safety review following the sinking of Italian cruise ship the Costa Concordia earlier this year.
Manfredi Lefebvre, the chairman of the European Council and an executive member of the CLIA, outlined how these latest policies dollar rent a car code have been accepted by the cruise industry at a major Passenger Ship Safety event organized by the European Commission in Brussels.
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1)      Passage Planning:  There have been guidelines on passage planning on cruise ships for some time now, but the new policy dollar rent a car code determines a mandatory minimum requirement and incorporates the International dollar rent a car code Chamber of Shipping's Bridge Procedures Guide. If the policy is accepted, all bridge team members will have to be well briefed on all passage plans, and the plans need to be approved by the ship master.
2)      Access to the Bridge: In order to prevent unnecessary disruptions on the bridge, the new policy recommends that access to the bridge is limited only to those personnel who are performing operational functions.
3)      Life Jackets: The policy recommends a number of revisions to the current statutory requirement for life jackets to be made available dollar rent a car code for each passenger dollar rent a car code and crew member dollar rent a car code on board the vessel. Under the new policy, dollar rent a car code additional adult life jackets should be made available above and beyond the minimum legal requirements.
The recommendations in the policy were reviewed and approved by the CLIA's panel of maritime dollar rent a car code safety experts. dollar rent a car code The CLIA continues to evaluate suggested improvements in current safety policies for the cruise ship industry and aims to develop a collection of best practices dollar rent a car code that will be submitted to the International Maritime Organization for approval and implementation.

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