The elements of safety and security Whether they are taking a short ferry trip across the English Channel or a luxury cruise through the Norwegian fjords, crew members and passengers step onboard with one expectation that exceeds all others: a safe journey. 

According to Lloyd’s List Intelligence, there were 672 reported ship-related incidents onboard cruise and ferry ships in 2024. Machinery damage and failure were the biggest causes of these incidents, accounting for 484 of the occurrences. Other major contributors included fires, explosions, collisions and hull damage. The number of crimes committed by cruise passengers adds significantly to the industry’s safety and security performance. In 2024, the US Department of Transformation recorded 168 major incidents on sailings that embark and disembark in US ports. Add in minor crimes and multiply across the worlds cruise ports, and the importance of good safety and security equipment and practices is plain to see. 

To prevent incidents such as these, global ...
https://www.cruiseandferry.net..../articles/the-elemen