Fire on Board the Liberian Passenger Ship Ecstasy, Miami, Florida ...

Recommendations 79 Marine Accident ReportTo American Classic Voyages, Carnival Corporation, Inc., Crystal Cruises, DisneyCruise Line, Norwegian Cruise Line, Orient Lines, P&O Princess CruisesInternational, Ltd., Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, Regal Cruises, RenaissanceCruises, Inc., Royal Olympic Cruises, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and SilverseaCruises, Ltd.:For existing vessels with ventilation system arrangements similar toCarnival Cruise Lines’ Fantasy Class ships, install an automatic method orsystem to mitigate the spread of smoke and fire from laundry spacesthrough the ventilation ducts to other vessel areas. (M-01-7)For existing vessels with mooring deck design arrangements similar toCarnival Cruise Lines’ Fantasy Class ships, install fire detection andsuppression systems on mooring decks that carry high fire loads andpresently have no automatic fire protection. (M-01-8)In the construction of new passenger ships, use qualitative failure analysistechniques to identify system components whose failure might cause acomplete loss of propulsive power and take action to mitigate identifiedproblems. (M-01-9)Install emergency call systems in passenger staterooms and crew cabins sothat people trapped during a fire emergency will have a means of signalingtheir location. (M-01-10)To ABB, Inc.:Advise your customers owning ships with the same propulsion systemdesign arrangements as the Ecstasy of the potential for system failure fromthe loss of auxiliary voltage to the high-speed breakers and recommenddesign changes to the propulsion system that would minimize these effects.(M-01-11)To the International Association of Classification Societies:Recommend that your members require systems designers, manufacturers,and/or shipyards to perform and submit qualitative failure analyses toensure the fail-safe operation of propulsion systems on new passengerships. (M-01-12)