Windstar Cruises has selected an independent company, BMT Group Ltd., to provide the company’s designated person ashore (DPA) and company security officer (CSO) – functions required as part of the International Safety Management Code and the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code.

Windstar Cruises has selected an independent company, BMT Group Ltd., to provide the company’s designated person ashore (DPA) and company security officer (CSO) – functions required as part of the International Safety Management Code and the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code.

In a traditional maritime handover ceremony at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy, earlier today, Carnival Cruise Lines officially took delivery of its newest and largest ship, the 130,000-ton Carnival Dream.

In a traditional maritime handover ceremony at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy, earlier today, Carnival Cruise Lines officially took delivery of its newest and largest ship, the 130,000-ton Carnival Dream.

In a traditional maritime handover ceremony at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy, earlier today, Carnival Cruise Lines officially took delivery of its newest and largest ship, the 130,000-ton Carnival Dream.

Remember how embarrassing that was when you tried to pull out of the supermarket parking lot without looking and hit that car waiting behind you? Don’t feel bad. Even million ton cruise ships get into fender-benders. Well, sort of. If they had fenders.