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New safety chief for Costa Crociere
Costa Crociere Group has appointed Tom Strang as senior vice president maritime development and compliance.
He will report directly to Michael Thamm, CEO of the Costa Group, and will be responsible for ensuring that industry regulations and safety standards are continuously updated and adjusted.
Strang is currently employed by Costa’s parent company Carnival Corporation in its corporate maritime policy group.
His appointment comes as a leaked report into the Costa Concordia tragedy laid part of the blame on Costa Cruises. See earlier story.
The report, leaked to Italy’s La Republica newspaper, laid most of the blame on the Captain, but the cruise line itself also came under fire for insufficient emergency training for its staff.
According to La Republica, the report said language difficulties meant some crew were not able to understand the emergency instructions given in Italian.
The Costa Concordia ran aground off the Tuscan coast in January, killing 32 people.
by Bev Fearis
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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