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Costa Concordia causes immediate changes


The Costa Concordia accident has had consequences for the entire cruise ship industry


The grounding and capsize of the Costa Concordia in January has prompted the industry to reconsider some cruise ship safety practices


by Susan Parker F


ollowing the Costa Concordia tragedy, Cruise Lines


International Association (CLIA)


has already implemented an industry best practice that muster drills for embarking passengers take place in port rather than within 24 hours of embarkation.


Although the casualty is still subject to an investigation, the basic


facts 14 I Passenger Ship Technology I Spring 2012 are that on 13 January, Costa Cruises’ 114,000gt Costa Concordia


departed from Civitavecchia with about 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew members on a seven- day itinerary. At about 2200 the vessel struck rock off the coast of Isola del Giglio, Italy, and sustained significant damage. Subsequently the ship developed a severe list. The order was given deploy the lifeboats and abandon ship. Tragically 17 died and 15 are still missing. The master, Francesco Schettino was on the bridge


at the time of the collision. Capt Schettino was placed under house arrest facing charges of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship. Two days later Pier Luigi Foschi, president and chief executive officer Costa Cruises, told the media, “We believe that it is human error and that the captain did not follow the route followed by Costa ships. We have 100 passages a year on that piece of water.” He added, “The captain wanted to


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