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AAPA CRUISE SEMINARAAPA CRUISE SEMINAR
““POLICY ISSUES IMPACTING POLICY ISSUES IMPACTING CRUISE PORTS”CRUISE PORTS”
February 8, 2006February 8, 2006
ICCL Focus EffortsICCL Focus Efforts
Safety/SecuritySafety/Security
Public Health/Medical FacilitiesPublic Health/Medical Facilities
Environmental ResponsibilityEnvironmental Responsibility
Passenger ProtectionPassenger Protection
Legislative ActivitiesLegislative Activities
CRUISE INDUSTRY CRUISE INDUSTRY IN REVIEWIN REVIEW
20052005
SAFETY/SECURITY
Rogue WavesHurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma
-Industry provided $10m in relief
Port Damage FEMA ChartersWestern Hemisphere Travel Initiative Piracy Missing Passengers
PUBLIC HEALTH/MEDICAL FACILITIES
Norovirus incidents Avian FluCruise Ships as Assisted Living FacilitiesCDC VSP Manual updates
REGULATORY ACTIVITIES
ADA/Supreme Court• US Access Board
IMO • Athens Convention• Ballast Water/Marpol Annex VI
ILO Consolidated Convention
Congressional Hearings• Piracy/Safety
2006 CHALLENGES2006 CHALLENGES
Marpol Annex VI implementation
ADA – Supreme Court ruling
ILO – Labor Standards
Passport requirements
CDC Quarantine Regulations
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA)ACT (ADA)
ICCL POLICY STATEMENT
Cruise Ships Should Be AccessibleCruise Ships Should Be Accessible
ICCL Members Accommodate:ICCL Members Accommodate:
••WheelchairsWheelchairs••Electric mobility devicesElectric mobility devices••Service animalsService animals••Auxiliary aidsAuxiliary aids••Accessible assistanceAccessible assistance
SUPREME COURT RULING
Discriminatory Policies/Procedures Barred Discriminatory Policies/Procedures Barred on Foreign Ships in U.S. Waters When on Foreign Ships in U.S. Waters When No Interference with “Internal Affairs”.No Interference with “Internal Affairs”.
Permanent Structural Changes Affecting Permanent Structural Changes Affecting Basic Design or Construction Implicate Basic Design or Construction Implicate “Internal Affairs”.“Internal Affairs”.
Requirements Not “Readily Achievable” if Requirements Not “Readily Achievable” if Conflict with International Law.Conflict with International Law.
ISSUES FOR CRUISE INDUSTRYISSUES FOR CRUISE INDUSTRY
What Does “Accessible” Mean on Cruise What Does “Accessible” Mean on Cruise Ships?Ships?
What Standards Should Apply?What Standards Should Apply?
How to Resolve Conflicts?How to Resolve Conflicts?
INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATIONINTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION
Conditions of employment;Conditions of employment;Hours of work;Hours of work;Accommodation at sea;Accommodation at sea;Health protection, medical care, andHealth protection, medical care, andsocial protection;social protection;Compliance and enforcement including;Compliance and enforcement including;Port/State controlPort/State control
Consolidated Maritime Labor ConventionConsolidated Maritime Labor Convention
CONCERNS OF THE MARITIME INDUSTRY
Definitions of Seafarer
Port State control over seafarers complaints
Inclusion of Masters (and Chief Engineers) in work hour limits
Government v. industry social welfare responsibilities
Final conference underway to finalize text
Implemented in Europe within next 5 years.
Western Hemisphere Travel InitiativeWestern Hemisphere Travel Initiative
December 31, 2006 Requires passports for Air/Sea travel to enter U.S.
December 31, 2007 Passports required to enter U.S. via air, sea, and land border crossings
Alternative document for land borderPeople Access Security Service (PASS)
HEALTHHEALTH / / SANITATIONSANITATION
CDC Division of Global Migration and Quarantine
Revise existing regulations to prevent spread of Revise existing regulations to prevent spread of communicable diseasescommunicable diseases
Expanded reporting of ill passengersExpanded reporting of ill passengers
Ships & airlines electronically maintain pax &Ships & airlines electronically maintain pax &crew lists for 60 dayscrew lists for 60 days
ANGELA PLOTT, VICE [email protected]
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