Our Commitment to Health, Safety, Security and Reliability

Our Health, Environmental, Safety and Security Policy describes our commitments to:

  • Protecting the health, safety and security of our passengers, guests, employees and all others working on behalf of the Company, thereby promoting an organization that always strives to be free of injuries, illness and loss.
  • Protecting the environment, including the marine environment in which our vessels sail and the communities in which we operate, and always striving to prevent adverse environmental consequences and use resources efficiently and sustainably.
  • Complying with or exceeding all legal and statutory requirements related to health, environment, safety, security and sustainability throughout our business activities.
  • Assigning health, environment, safety, security and sustainability matters the same priority as other critical business matters.

Click here for our: Health, Environmental, Safety and Security Policy

The Boards of Directors of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc have established a Board-level Health, Environmental, Safety & Security ("HESS") Committee to assist the Board in fulfilling their responsibility to supervise and monitor HESS policies, programs, initiatives at sea and onshore, and compliance with HESS legal and regulatory requirements. 

Carnival’s Corporate Maritime Policy Department, headed by a Senior Vice President, with a full-time professional and administrative staff, is responsible for providing a common, integrated approach to management of HESS matters, and for reporting to the HESS Committee on such matters. This includes developing fleetwide standards for safe ship operations, assessing and managing maritime risks, and overseeing corporate HESS and sustainability programs. 

For more information on our Health, Environment, Safety, Security and Sustainability efforts, click here.

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Health & Healthcare

Princess Cruises Named Amongst Healthiest Cruises by SHAPE Magazine's Healthy Travel Awards
Princess Cruises has been recognized by SHAPE magazine as a winner in its fifth annual Healthy Travel Awards for the second consecutive year

Health & Healthcare

P&O Cruises’ Guests Play a Part in Saving One Ni Van Life so That Others Can Be Saved in Health Emergencies
When 35-year-old Ni Van paramedic trainee Jerome Sese suffered a heart attack recently, P&O Cruises’ guests played a part in saving his life through their contributions to the guest-funded P&O Pacific Partnership.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Costa Cruises Supports the "Pink Is Good" Project on Board Its Ships
Marking breast cancer prevention month, for the third year running, Costa Cruises will be supporting the Umberto Veronesi Foundation and its Pink is Good project, which aims to definitively defeat breast, uterus and ovarian cancer, promoting prevention and providing annual funding to doctors and researchers who have decided to dedicate their lives to studying and treating these diseases.

Health & Healthcare

Carnival Cruise Ship Scores Second Straight Perfect 100 Health Score

Health & Healthcare

Holland America Line’s ms Oosterdam Continues Company’s Streak with a Perfect Score of 100 on United States Public Health Inspection
Holland America Line’s ms Oosterdam joins sister-ship ms Eurodam this year by earning a perfect score of 100 on a routine United States Public Health (USPH) inspection conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Health & Healthcare

Holland America Line’s ms Eurodam Makes Industry History with 11th Consecutive Score of 100 on United States Public Health Inspection
Holland America Line’s ms Eurodam continues to raise the bar even higher for cruise ships visiting the United States by earning its 11th consecutive perfect score of 100 on a routine United States Public Health (USPH) inspection conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Health & Healthcare

Holland America Line’s ms Koningsdam Receives Perfect Score of 100 on First United States Public Health Inspection
Holland America Line’s ms Koningsdam earned a perfect score of 100 on its first routine United States Public Health inspection conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The ship launched in April 2016 in Europe and made its maiden visit to the United States in November.

Health & Healthcare

Carnival Victory Earns Second Consecutive 100 U.S.P.H. Inspection Score
Carnival Victory scored 100 during its recent United States Public Health (U.S.P.H.) inspection which took place in Port Canaveral, Fla. This marks the second consecutive time the ship has achieved a perfect U.S.P.H inspection score.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

2015 Pacific Ocean Pilot Rescue Earns Holland America Line an AMVER Award
The captain and crew of Holland America Line’s ms Veendam were honored by the Association for Rescue at Sea with a prestigious AFRAS AMVER Award for the 2015 rescue of a pilot who ditched his aircraft in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii.

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