by Ned S. Levi | Nov 27, 2023
We need new man-overboard systems. Since January 2020 undetected incidents have gone up to 37. That’s far too many. Earlier this month, 28-year-old Tyler Barnett was on the Carnival Glory. On a Sunday night, he was last seen at about 11:40 p.m. Man-overboard...
by Ned S. Levi | Jun 6, 2022
It’s time for the cruise industry to begin installing “man overboard” systems on all cruise ships immediately so they can detect incidents in real-time to better ensure rescues. According to news reports, at about 3 am on May 17, while traveling from...
by Ned S. Levi | Nov 2, 2020
Cruise ships can sail in U.S. waters again, but with pandemic infections soaring can they have cruise line safety? Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lifted their cruise industry “no-sail” order. Cruise ships can sail in U.S. waters for...
by Charlie Leocha | Jun 18, 2013
Maybe it was the string of customer-service disasters, starting with the Costa Concordia tragedy last year and leading up to the recent Carnival Triumph “poop” cruise, on which passengers were left adrift in the Gulf of Mexico for five days without working...
by Ned S. Levi | Jun 10, 2013
For some time, I’ve written about the need for cruise ships to run muster drills before they sail following any new passenger embarkation, such as in my January column, Cruise ship safety has improved in the year since the Concordia disaster. Today, CLIA (Cruise...
