MIAMI, June 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival
Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world's
largest leisure travel company, today announced that its Center for
Simulator Maritime Training (CSMART) Academy has been recognized as
the world's first Center of Safety Excellence by DNV GL, the
world's leading classification society and a recognized advisor for
the maritime industry.
The award was presented today by Paal
Johansen, global cruise ship director DNV GL – Maritime, at
a ceremony at the CSMART Academy in Almere, the Netherlands, outside of Amsterdam. Accepting on behalf of the CSMART
Academy were Vice Admiral Bill Burke
(ret.), chief maritime officer for Carnival Corporation;
David Christie, senior vice
president of maritime quality assurance for Carnival Corporation;
and Captain Hans Hederström,
managing director of the CSMART Academy.
Carnival Corporation's CSMART Academy is the world-renowned
maritime training, professional development and research facility
that is part of the seven-acre Arison Maritime Center. Founded in
2009 and staffed with one of the world's most experienced maritime
training faculties, the CSMART Academy provides rigorous annual
safety training for nearly 7,000 bridge and engineering officers
responsible for the navigation and operation of the world's largest
fleet of cruise ships from the corporation's nine cruise line
brands – Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America
Line, Seabourn, P&O Cruises (Australia), Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises,
P&O Cruises (UK) and Cunard.
"Carnival Corporation and its cruise line brands have made a
strong commitment to safety, exemplified by its investments in
training and personnel development in its CSMART Academy," said
Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, CEO of DNV GL - Maritime. "Carnival
Corporation's organizational focus on continuous improvement
throughout their officers' careers, and the innovative application
of training simulators, is a testament to their drive to go beyond
compliance. We are pleased to present CSMART Academy with our
Center of Safety Excellence award. It is very well deserved."
"We are honored by this recognition of our relentless commitment
to the safety and comfort of our guests as the top priority for all
of Carnival Corporation's cruise line brands," said Hederström.
"Our CSMART Academy faculty and staff include some of the world's
top maritime experts, and we are privileged to support the ongoing
training of the bridge and engineering officers from each of our
nine cruise line brands. It is all made possible by our
corporation's collective commitment to safety and significant
investment in innovative simulator equipment, technology,
instructional tools and curriculum."
In 2015, DNV GL and CSMART developed an initiative to increase
the standards for maritime training with a focus on four areas:
- certification of training courses;
- certification of bridge and engine simulators;
- certification of CSMART Academy management as a training
provider;
- and introduction of innovative concepts to improve maritime
safety.
The first three categories were supported by DNV GL Seaskill
with standards including learning program (0008), simulator
instructors (0025), training provider (0029) and simulator product
certification (0033).
Training Course Development
The CSMART Academy's core
faculty of 47 instructors is complemented by more than two dozen
trained line instructors who alternate working on board a cruise
ship with instructing at the CSMART Academy, creating a unique
process for real-time information exchanges between instructors and
officers at sea. Additionally, the Fleet Captain and Fleet Engineer
programs train 10 captains and 10 chief engineers, who then spend
two to three years traveling among ships in the Carnival
Corporation fleet, verifying that CSMART Academy training is
practiced and maximized at sea.
The CSMART Academy currently offers 36 different training
courses, well above the courses required by regulatory bodies. As
part of the voluntary certification by DNV GL, constructive
feedback was given towards improving the development of the CSMART
Academy's training courses, such as defining measurable objectives
and increasing transparency in course documentation.
Simulators
The CSMART Academy features four
full-mission bridge simulators, four full-mission engine room
simulators, eight smaller part-task bridge simulators and 36
part-task engine room simulators – all of which can recreate a
variety of scenarios and sea conditions at 60 different seaports
around the world. These simulators are used to train bridge and
engineering officers, including simulations focused on engine room
and engine control room operations, environmental systems and
exhaust gas cleaning systems.
The simulators were certified against DNV GL standards, with the
assessors praising the resemblance to ships' operations and the
high level of realism.
Management System
DNV GL found that the CSMART
Academy's Management System had well-defined processes, and clear
and concise procedures to enhance consistency in training
development, delivery and evaluation, resulting in the CSMART
Academy and its faculty providing training to a very high
standard.
An important component of the work of the CSMART Academy's
faculty is pioneering the cruise industry's first continuous
development simulator-based appraisal program. Completing the
weeklong course as part of the company's continuous professional
development matrix is a mandatory requirement for every maritime
officer from each of Carnival Corporation's nine cruise line
brands, exceeding regulatory requirements. The CSMART Academy
also hosts a comprehensive port study program, bringing together
bridge teams and local pilots to agree on a pilotage plan and
assess the risk of entering and departing a port under challenging
conditions.
Innovation
Some of the CSMART Academy's recent
innovations in maritime safety include:
- pioneering the team- and role-based concept for bridge and
engine room management in the cruise and shipping industries.
- a new way to plan navigation in confined waters, designed to
enable timely and unambiguous interventions between team members as
soon as deviations occur.
- a new continuous development program for bridge, engine and
electrical officers, inspired by the aviation and nuclear power
industries' approach to recurrent training and validation of
competencies.
- three new sophisticated engine room models, replicating new
ships to the Carnival Corporation fleet, developed together with
simulator provider Transas. The virtual reality application
reproduces a 150-meter-long engine room and its systems.
- integration of actual 11,000- and 690-volt switchboard
equipment with virtual equipment, simulating the electrical
distribution on board vessels that meet the IMO's Safe Return to
Port regulation. These simulators are used to deliver high voltage
management training, diesel electrical propulsion and advanced
electrical systems courses.
- full-mission simulators are incorporated to enhance training
for environmental officers, and part-task simulators are used for
training on exhaust gas cleaning systems, whose capability to
cleanse exhaust gas fumes for clean air emissions is a critical
part of the corporation's commitment to sustainability and
environmental leadership.
- incorporation of training for liquefied natural gas (LNG), a
new fuel technology being pioneered in the cruise industry by
Carnival Corporation and its brands. Several of the company's
cruise lines have LNG-fueled cruise ships scheduled to being in
operational service in coming years, starting with the first fully
LNG-powered ship later this year.
Additional information on the Arison Maritime Center and the
CSMART Academy can be found at www.csmartalmere.com.
About Carnival Corporation & plc
Carnival
Corporation & plc is the world's largest leisure travel
company and among the most profitable and financially strong in the
cruise and vacation industries, with a portfolio of 10 dynamic
brands that include nine of the world's leading cruise lines. With
operations in North America, Australia, Europe and
Asia, its portfolio features
Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America
Line, Seabourn, P&O Cruises (Australia), Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises,
P&O Cruises (UK) and Cunard, as well as Fathom, the
corporation's immersion and enrichment experience brand.
Together, the corporation's cruise lines operate 103 ships with
234,000 lower berths visiting over 700 ports around the world, with
18 new ships scheduled to be delivered between 2018 and
2023. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates
Holland America Princess Alaska Tours, the leading tour company in
Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. Traded on both the New
York and London Stock Exchanges, Carnival Corporation
& plc is the only group in the world to be included in
both the S&P 500 and the FTSE 100 indices.
In 2017, Fast Company recognized Carnival Corporation as being
among the "Top 10 Most Innovative Companies" in both the design and
travel categories. Fast Company specifically recognized Carnival
Corporation for its work in developing Ocean Medallion™, a
high-tech wearable device that enables the world's first
interactive guest experience platform capable of transforming
vacation travel into a highly personalized and elevated level of
customized service.
Additional information can be found on www.carnival.com,
www.princess.com, www.hollandamerica.com, www.seabourn.com,
www.pocruises.com.au, www.costacruise.com, www.aida.de,
www.pocruises.com, www.cunard.com, and www.fathom.org
About DNV GL
DNV GL is a global quality assurance and
risk management company. Driven by the purpose of safeguarding
life, property and the environment, it enables customers to
advance the safety and sustainability of their business. Operating
in more than 100 countries, the company's professionals are
dedicated to helping customers in the maritime, oil & gas,
power and renewables and other industries to make the world safer,
smarter and greener.
About DNV GL – Maritime
DNV GL is the world's leading
classification society and a recognized advisor for the maritime
industry. The company enhances safety, quality, energy efficiency
and environmental performance of the global shipping industry –
across all vessel types and offshore structures. It invests heavily
in research and development to find solutions, together with the
industry, that address strategic, operational or regulatory
challenges.
For more information visit www.dnvgl.com/maritime
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