| Safety at Sea

The cruise industry is a heavily regulated
industry with safety as the top priority.
In fact cruising is one of the safest forms of
travel among all forms of passenger
transportation – including walking.
Cruise ships are designed and operated in
compliance with strict requirements of
international law and follow an extraordinary
number of rules and regulations to protect
passengers and crew whilst onboard.
Ship Captains and all crew undertake
extensive and ongoing training including drills
for emergency situations and evacuations.
The average cruise ship today carries
around 2,700 passengers and 800 crew,
typically has five fire fighting teams, 4,000
smoke detectors, 500 fire extinguishers,
25km of sprinkler piping, 5,000
sprinkler heads and 10km of fire hose.
Minimum safety requirements for cruise
ships include life boats, life rafts and life
jackets for every person onboard as well as
additional capacity.
Life boats must be capable of being loaded,
launched and manoeuvred away from a ship
within 30 minutes of a Captains order.
Safety drills are now required to be held
prior to a ships departure from port and
subject to nationalities onboard will be held
in multiple languages.
To print a one page flyer that can be
handed to clients click on the “Safety at Sea”
icon at www.cruising.org.au.