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Health
Federal health inspectors from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention inspect cruise ships twice a year, checking everything from kitchen equipment to dishwasher temperatures, and grade ships based on what they find. A score below 86 is considered failing. Cruise ships are also required to report all illness outbreaks affecting more than 3% of passengers or crew to the CDC. Inspections and outbreaks from 2010 to the present are shown below.
Health Scores & Inspections
None Reported
Illness Outbreaks
None Reported
Health Scores & Inspections: Details
Safety
Serious crimes and injuries on cruise ships that make port in the U.S. are required to be reported to the Coast Guard. Smaller-scale crimes and thefts are reported to local police authorities (if reported at all). Incidents and inspections from 2010 to the present are shown below.
Crimes & Incidents
5
Incidents
Coast Guard Inspections
1
Deficiency (found in 5 inspections).
Coast Guard Inspections: Details
Inspection on Mar 23, 2012
No deficiencies found
Inspection on Feb 09, 2011
No deficiencies found
Inspection on Aug 19, 2010
No deficiencies found
Inspection on Jun 22, 2010
No deficiencies found
Inspection on Jan 02, 2010
No deficiencies found
Crimes & Incidents: Details
Mar 25, 2012
Fire
Sector Key West received notification from Caribe Nautical Ship's Agents Key West that the cruise ship ADONIA had reported to them that they had a small fire in their incinerator. Sprinklers were automatically operated. Ship responded with fire crew as well as activating their steam smothering system. Inspectors boarded vessel upon mooring and were unable to specifically identify the ignition point of the fire. Smoke had escaped from the #2 incinerator causing the fire alarm to sound.
Source: US Coast GuardMar 26, 2011
Incident Investigation
Alleged Pollution Source
Source: US Coast GuardFeb 07, 2011
Personnel Casualties : 1 injury
On February 7, 2011, a crewmember onboard the M/V ROYAL PRINCESS injured himself while maneuvering a service cart on deck 6 from the alley way to the cabin area. While lifting the service cart the crewmember felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder. He was taken to the hospital in Lahaina, Maui and x-rays were taken. On February 8, 2011, the ship's medical officer was informed by the hospital in Lahaina that the crewmember had a fractured right shoulder humerus head. When the ROYAL PRINCESS arrived in Honolulu on February 9, 2011, the crewmember was seen at Queens Medical Center and the diagnosis was changed to a dislocated shoulder.
Source: US Coast GuardFeb 03, 2011
Incident Investigation
Acknowledged Pollution Source
Source: US Coast GuardJun 26, 2010
Personnel Casualties : 1 injury
MV ROYAL PRINCESS reported that a passenger on board had been sheltering from the weather in the small deck items storage alcove on deck 11, which is part of the superstructure. As she stepped out of the alcove onto open deck, she misjudged the step of the threshold over which she had to step and caught her trailing foot and fell. She caught herself with arms outstretched, fracturing her left wrist.
Source: US Coast Guard
CREDITS & SOURCES
Illustrations: Josh Cochran, special to ProPublica. Data: Coast Guard Port State Information eXchange, Coast Guard Incident Investigative Reports, Coast Guard Marine Casualties & Pollution Data, IMO GISIS Marine Casualties, CDC Inspections & Deficiencies, CDC Outbreaks, CruisePage Man Overboard List, Local crime reports gathered by reporters Lynn Walsh & Dan Krauth, other local crime reports. Photos: VesselFinder. Icons: Jessica Lock, Juan Pablo Bravo,Hans Gerhard Meier.
1Details in these illustrations are inspired by David Foster Wallace's A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again. References to his seven night experience aboard the Nadir are hidden throughout. How many have you seen? Psst. Here are the answers.