Topic: CLIA Launches Official Review into Safety Procedures

The Cruise Lines International Association has launched an official review into safety procedures within the industry.

Here is the official press release:



In response to the Concordia incident and as part of the industry’s continuous efforts to review and improve safety measures, the Cruise Lines International Association, Inc. (CLIA), speaking on behalf of the global cruise lines industry, today announced the launch of a Cruise Industry Operational Safety Review.

The Review will include a comprehensive assessment of the critical human factors and operational aspects of maritime safety.

As best practices are identified, they will be shared among CLIA members and any appropriate recommendations will be shared with the IMO. Recommendations will be made on an ongoing basis.

Key components of the Review include:

1. 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.
2. Consultation with independent external experts.
   
3. Identification and sharing of industry best practices and policies, as well as possible recommendations to the IMO for substantive regulatory changes to further improve the industry’s operational safety.
   
4. Collaboration with the IMO, governments and regulatory bodies to implement any necessary regulatory changes.

While the cruise industry has an outstanding safety record, CLIA is fully committed to understanding the factors that contributed to the Concordia incident and is proactively responding to all maritime safety issues. The Cruise Industry Operational Safety Review will enable the industry to do so in a meaningful and expedited manner.

About CLIA
The nonprofit Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) is North America's largest cruise industry organization. CLIA represents the interests of 26 member lines and participates in the regulatory and policy development process while supporting measures that foster a safe, secure and healthy cruise ship environment.

Let's hope they publish their findings for all to see. Maybe other cruise lines, which are not members, will carry out similar reviews.

There must be no more sending of passengers back to their cabins for life jackets
-particularly cabins on low Decks 1 and 2!
In future life jackets should be stored at lifeboat muster stations (where I believe they are anyway!)
OASIS and ALLURE have already initiated this system, I believe.

I guess it doesn't hurt to also have life-jackets in the cabin, in case the alarm comes when you're there
in which case you grab it and start heading for your muster sta.

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Tell passengers the truth.
Don't tell them an electrical fault sent dishes and furniture flying.
We're a bit smarter than that!
Don't pee on our boots and tell us it's raining.

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Lifeboat drill must be completed before leaving port, not after
and not "within 24 hrs."