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Archives for April 2012

Titanic II to sail in 2016

Posted byadmin on 04.30.12

One of Australia’s richest men, Clive Palmer, has unveiled plans for a 21st century version of the Titanic to be built in China, with its first voyage from England to New York set for 2016. Read more here: http://www.breitbart.com/system/wire/CNG—900372705590b12088fe792d15f2c61c—c1

Costa Concordia leads to new cruise ship regulations

Posted byadmin on 04.24.12

Three new cruise ship regulations have been adopted:

1)  Passage Planning – although cruise lines have followed IMO guidance on passage planning for many years our policy now deems this to be a mandatory minimum requirement and enhanced by endorsement of the best practices contained in the International Chamber of Shipping’s Bridge Procedures Guide. Furthermore, under this policy each passage plan is to be thoroughly briefed to all bridge team members well in advance of its implementation and it is to be drafted by a designated officer and approved by the master.

2)  Personnel Access To The Bridge – to minimize unnecessary disruptions and distractions on the bridge we have adopted a policy that bridge access is to be limited to those with operational functions during any period of restricted manoeuvring or when increased vigilance is required.
3)  Lifejackets – In addition to the statutory requirement of carriage of lifejackets for each person onboard, we have adopted a policy of carrying additional adult lifejackets onboard each cruise ship in excess of these legal requirements so that the number of additional adult lifejackets to be provided must not be less than the total number of persons berthed within the ship’s most populated main vertical fire zone. This ensures that the number of lifejackets carried are far in excess of the number of persons actually onboard the ship.

For the full information release see: http://www.europeancruisecouncil.com/content/ECC%2024%20April%202012_Cruise%20Industry%20Announces%20Three%20New%20Safety%20Policies.pdf

Cruise ship set to retrace route of Titanic for 100th anniversary

Posted byadmin on 04.08.12

The British liner Balmoral set sail along the route of the RMS Titanic. The ship left from the same dock where the Titanic ship had sailed 100 years ago. She sailed on Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012 while the Titanic sailed on April 10, 1912.




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