Cruise Ship Fails Inspection

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Cruise ship fails inspection. Cruise ships are graded on a scale from 1 to 100. This summer in Skagway Alaska the cruise ship Silver Shadow which had previously scored in the highest. A cruise ship failed a Centers for Disease Control inspection in February and did so by tying the lowest inspection score for any ship since.

The Carnival cruise ship Fantasy failed a recent inspection by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions Vessel Sanitation Program after officials found among other things brown water in. The issue was found during a routine annual safety check aboard Majesty of the Seas a Coast Guard spokesman saidHe did not say exactly what the problem was but said it had to do with the life. If a ship has a score that drops below 86 its recorded as failing inspection.

The carinval Fantasy has not only failed the CDC inspection but has the worst score the ship has ever received. Ships are required to take corrective action. The Carnival Cruise Line ship received a score of 77 out of 100 falling 9 points short of the minimum passing score of 86.

The CDC runs regular health inspections of cruise ships that sail from US. Customers who cruised aboard those ships risked exposure to bacteria including E. Luxury Cruise Ship Fails Health Inspection by Elias Rudnikas.

Carnival Cruise Line is taking corrective action after the Carnival Fantasy the oldest of its Fantasy-class cruise ships failed to pass a recent inspection by the US Centres for Disease. And remember the CDC only has jurisdiction over ships that come to US ports- meaning that many of the major cruise lines ships that leave from other ports around the world- have no oversight at all. Ships must earn a grade of 86 or more out of 100 to pass.

The inspections are supposedly a surprise although many crew members have stated that federal inspectors sometimes give advance notice of the inspections to the cruise ships. Bugs unsafe levels of chlorine and other violations were found. A score of 85 or below constitutes a failed sanitation score and often leads to the firing of the shipboard Food Beverage department heads andor managers and always result in.