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Abstract
Lois,
P.; Wang, J.; Wall, A. and Ruxton, T. "Formal safety assessment
of
cruise ships," Tourism
Management,
2004, 25:1, 93-109
This
paper examines the applicability of formal safety assessment to the
cruise
industry worldwide. Formal safety assessment and its development
in the cruise shipping industry are
described. Cruise ship accident statistics are studied and
discussed. This is followed by an analysis of cruise
ship characteristics and a proposed
formal safety assessment methodology for cruise ships. A case study is
carried
out in order to demonstrate the proposed methodology. Further
development
in formal safety assessment in the
context of cruise ship safety is finally discussed in detail.
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