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Cruise industry to review safety practices
A cruise ship safety review announced in the wake of the January 13 Costa Concordia disaster has been welcomed by the Passenger Shipping Association.
The industry-wide operational safety initiative has been ordered by the US-based Cruise Lines International Association.
It will include a "comprehensive assessment of the critical human factors and operational aspects of maritime safety".
The association said: "As best practices are identified, they will be shared among CLIA members and any appropriate recommendations will be shared with the International Maritime Organisation.
Aspects to be covered include an internal review by CLIA members of their own operational safety practices and procedures concerning issues of navigation, evacuation, emergency training, and related practices and procedures.
It is now expected that the wreck of the cruise liner Costa Concordia will take as long as 10 months to remove as bad weather halted an operation to unload fuel from the vessel.
Rescue operations to find 16 missing people have resumed in the submerged part of the vessel. Earlier, divers had to suspend operations because the ship shifted by 4 cms.
Italian search teams have so far found 17 bodies.
Genoa-based Costa Crociere has agreed to pay 11,000 euros
(US$14,500) to every passenger of the cruise, plus reimburse expenses including the cost of the cruise.
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