Safety in any situation and at all levels

At AIDA, safety is our highest priority at all times. Our entire crew is trained in accordance with our HESS standards (Hess = Health, Environment, Safety, and Security). Our crew, our guests and the local authorities take part in the internationally stipulated safety exercises, which are conducted before a ship leaves port.

Our new electronic muster point system was successfully introduced across the fleet in 2018. It can be used to record guest and crew cards electronically in almost real-time during rescue exercises, for example.

The Arison Maritime Center CSMART for maritime training in the Dutch town of Almere is the most modern training center of its kind in the world and was certified by the DNV GL as the world’s first Center of Safety Excellence in the maritime industry. The Carnival Group invested around 75 million euros in its construction in 2016, including the latest simulation technology and its own hotel to accommodate the more than 7,000 nautical and technical officers of the nine cruise lines of the Carnival Group as they undergo their training.

At the Heart of the 10,000 m² Arison Maritime Center, situated a stone’s throw from Amsterdam, is the CSMART Academy with four Full Mission Bridge Simulators including NOC Operator’s Stands, four Full Mission Engine Simulators, eight Part Task Bridge Simulators, 16 Part Task Engine Simulators for courses focusing on handling liquefied natural gas (LNG) and numerous discussion rooms for innovative training sessions. These workshops and assessments go far beyond the requirements set out by the international STCW Convention (Standards for Training, Certification and Watchkeeping).

The training courses that make use of the Full Mission Bridge simulators are able to simulate maneuvers in real time while under the effects of factors such as swell, wind, current, various visibility conditions or precipitation. Training is provided for all of the destinations and ports visited by AIDA Cruises. The operation of machinery and emergency scenarios are simulated in the Engine Room Simulator and both team and individual exercises practiced under timed conditions.

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