Carnival monitors cruise fleet from Hamburg

摘要

Carnival Corp monitors and manages a fleet of 37 cruise ships from its new Fleet Operations Centre (FOC) in Hamburg, Germany. When Passenger Ship Technology visited this centre, it looked similar to a NASA mission control room, with banks of monitors on rows of desks facing a screen that takes up an entire wall, all busy with data. This is perhaps apposite, given that the FOC was set up with the goal of providing "aviation-level safety standards" with around-the-clock, year-round monitoring for a fleet of 37 vessels. It is staffed by 15 officers with nautical experience working in three-person shift patterns.