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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
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Incident
Coast Guard Inspections
None Reported
Coast Guard Inspections: Details
Crimes & Incidents: Details
Sep 24, 2013
CREWMAN OVERBOARD
A crewmember aboard passenger cruise ship MSC OPERA was reported missing when he failed to turn up at muster stations when the vessel was going alongside in Southampton. Crewmembers interrogated their CCTV coverage and observed the crewman jumping into the sea from deck 6.Search and rescue operations were enforced; CG rescue helicopter 104 was tasked and Bembridge lifeboat was requested to launch. A second and final search was carried out on updated datum using CG Helo 106 from Portland and Bembridge and Selsey Lifeboats. The search and rescue operations terminated on completion of the second search.
Source: International Maritime Organization
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.