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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
1
Incident
Coast Guard Inspections
0
Deficiencies (found in 1 inspection).
Coast Guard Inspections: Details
Inspection on Jan 28, 2010
No deficiencies found
Crimes & Incidents: Details
Jan 29, 2010
Personnel Casualties : 1 death
On 29 January, 2010, the Passenger Vessel ALBATROS reported a crewmember injury while moored at Los Angeles Berth 91/92. The crewmember, employed as a musician, was last seen on Deck 6 in the Atlantic lounge at 1130. At 1140, Customs and Border Protection Agents monitoring the 3rd deck gangway witnessed him fall onto the 3rd Deck floor from above, landing in between the bulkhead and the lower steps of the stairwell. There were no witnesses who saw him go over the rail, and no one directly involved in the incident. The crewmember was taken to UCLA Harbor Medical Center, where he was pronounced deceased. Drug and alcohol test results are pending the coronerâs report. An autopsy will be conducted pending next of kin approval. On February 2, 2010, an autopsy was conducted by the LA County Coroner, including toxicology screening. Cause of death was attributed to traumatic injuries sustained during the fall, and toxicology was completed for the presence of drugs or alcohol.
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.