Author: Herold Vesperi
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About the Book:
This work, in a journalistic style, takes into account the political, economical and technical side of the cruise industry and almost the entire business. It contains an analysis of the inherent dangers carried by the business driven choices that affect the design of the new ships and a critical view of the image that a subservient media provides of that world.
By reviewing the way the event of the past were reported and how the stories are still told today this work underscores the weaknesses and the faults that were not meant to be seen by the public. How artfully generated confusion and misleading reports managed to hide all those flaws and weaknesses in plain sight.
Beyond the deception, this work underscores the lessons that have never been learnt because the business cannot afford to learn while they chase the myth of eternal growth. A policy that pushed all the major cruise lines to accumulate huge debts that weigh heavily on the accounting, notwithstanding the big sums they can earn during the good years. Those debts now dictate the frantic pace of their operations that leaves little time for maintenance and they also determine the technical choices behind the design of the new ships, thus leaving many open questions about the impact they have on the safety of the passengers.