The special investigation report is a follow-up to the survival factors issues addressed in the Safety Board's 1989 safety study, 'Passenger Vessels Operating From U.S. Ports'. It provides an update on the actions that have been taken in response to the recommendations that the Safety Board issued as a result of its 1989 study. The report also reviews accidents involving foreign passenger vessels operating from U.S. ports during calendar years 1990 and 1991 and focuses on safety improvements that are still needed. Major safety issues discussed in the report include the adequacy of firefighting training for shipboard crews; the adequacy of crew training and of shipboard procedures and equipment for safely evacuating passengers; the adequacy of communications among crewmembers and between crewmembers and passengers due to lack of a common language; and the adequacy of life jacket stowage on board passenger ships.
National Transportation Safety Board Special Investigation Report: Accidents Involving Foreign Passenger Ships Operating from U.S. Ports, 1990-1991
1993
62 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation Safety , Marine & Waterway Transportation , Passenger ships , Accident investigations , Marine accidents , Transportation safety , Fire prevention , Emergency training , Fire fighting , Evacuating(Transportation) , Emergency equipment , Procedures , Recommendations , Ship accidents , Foreign passenger vessels , Crew training , International standards