How well cruise ships in terms of safety, environmental protection and working conditions? Stiftung Warentest has taken a look behind the Scenes.
cruises are booming Baymavi for years. No wonder, after all, it is missing the Ship all the same: Endless Buffets, water slides, sports courts and Show-programs to ensure that it will not be boring. But how it looks behind the Scenes in the vacation Paradise? How is the safety of passengers, the working conditions for the employees and the protection of the environment?
Aida, Tui Cruises, Costa, and MSC’s Twelve vessels in the Test
Stiftung Warentest has taken in its January issue (01/2019), twelve cruise ships of four companies under the microscope. Were tested in vessels of Aida, Tui Cruises, Costa, and MSC . The result is that passengers on Board can feel according to the Tester quite sure. But you would have to take into account that your travel will be at the expense of the crew and the environment.
These cruise ships have been tested:
Aida Cruises: Aida Aura, Aida Bella, Aida Prima. the Tui Cruises: Mein Schiff 1, 2 and 5. the MSC cruises Seaview: MSC Opera, MSC Orchestra, MSC. the Costa Crociere: Costa Diadema, Costa Pacifica, Costa Victoria.
safety on cruise ships is high
The four major cruise operators guarantee, according to the Stiftung Warentest, a high level security . After the cruise accident of the Costa Concordia in 2012, the shipping companies would have made for an improved emergency management – there was a high thumb!
Also interesting: Why so many passengers on cruises disappear.
social commitment among employees – wrong!
it is Different in dealing with employees on Board: the Social, the shipping companies engage only sparingly. You hold merely to the legal requirements of the States under whose flag they are flying. Thus, wages fall less than satisfactory. Not infrequently, the workers for a measly toil 2.65 euros to 4.40 euros per hour . And the work days of ten to twelve hours – without a single free day, usually over a period of months.
environment: shipping companies
So beautiful and relaxing on a cruise for holiday makers also like: travellers should be aware that put a strain on any cruise to the environment . And a lot of it: the majority of The huge steamer departs with cheap heavy fuel oil. Piles are blown of harmful fine – dust, sulphur and nitrogen oxides as well as carbon dioxide in the air.
would be Better, according to Stiftung Warentest, the drive on Marine Diesel or Liquefied natural gas. But unfortunately, the shipping companies are not doing enough against the environmental pollution caused by their ships. Therefore, eight of the twelve tested ships checkpoint “avoidance of Emissions cut” with a lack of prison – including all boats of MSC.
also read: These are the costs you should avoid on the cruise, according to Stiftung Warentest.
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