New Book about Safety on Cruise Ships

Following our many posts about safety at sea, and our SAFETY AT SEA section at Prow's Edge Cruise Magazine, news comes now from the International Cruise Victims Association (ICV) telling us that ICV Board Member, Commander Mark Gaouette, has had a major book released entitled Cruising for Trouble.

Mark was the former head of Security for Princess Cruise Lines and now serves as a top maritime security official in the Department of Homeland Security.

His book details the many security defects and vulnerabilities of cruise ships, identifies the remedies, and makes the case for their urgent implementation.

Extensively documented and illustrated, Cruising for Trouble exposes the acute vulnerability of cruise ships to piracy, terrorism, and crime, both on the high seas and in domestic and foreign ports-of-call.

Commander Gaouette reveals to cruise passengers the very real security dangers they unwittingly face when they saunter up the gangway of a cruise ship for a carefree holiday.

As we have said many times here at Prow’s Edge, the issue of safety at sea is largely ignored by most cruise publications, and we at Prow’s Edge do not highlight the topic for sensationalism, but because we feel that by being better informed, cruise passengers are more safe.

Commander Gaoutte recounts many actual examples of cruise-ship insecurity that have been swept under the carpet or spun by the cruise industry, from pirate attacks, fires, onboard crime, mass food poisonings and infections, and the mysterious disappearances of cruise-ship passengers.

Commander Caouette’s new book is just another warning sound on the cruise industry horizon for cruise passengers to be aware of what is really going on, and to take measures to be safe.

A must read for anyone thinking of taking a cruise, visit www.greenwood.com or call 1-800-368-6868 to order.

For more about how to be safe at sea, take a look at the Prow’s Edge Cruise Magazine pages on safety at sea, including Things You Can Do To Improve Your Safety At Sea

For more information about the International Cruise Victims Association (ICV) please visit their web site at www.internationalcruisevictims.org