MSC Cruise Line
The MSC Fantasia has received the Six Golden Pearls from the international classification society Bureau Veritas. The 133,500-ton ship, which will be christened in Naples on Dec. 18, is the first ship in the world to achieve this title. Six Golden Pearls is an integrated voluntary program that certifies corporate compliance with the three highest international standards in the areas of environment (ISO 14001), health and safety (OHSAS 18001) and food safety (ISO 22000). It includes an extra notation, Cleanship 2 AWT, for the three domains “potential pollution”: air, water, waste.
The integrated sections that make up the award are: ISO 14001 — Certification of the highest standards of the Environmental Management System, requiring a complete coherent management system of all environmental aspects and impacts of all activities; OHSAS 18001 — certification for the highest standards of the safety management system requiring complete management of health and safety of workers onboard and in the company’s head office; ISO 22000 — certification for the highest standards of food safety management, ensuring complete and validated safety of all food processes from farm to fork; and Cleanship 2 — targets the advanced water treatment, which is unique in the cruise industry.
It acknowledges the ship is fitted with the means to prevent the release of pollutants into the sea, the air and in any waste matter. It validates that the vessel has been designed, built, operated and maintained to achieve appropriate protection for the environment. It covers annexes I, IV, V and VI of Marpol, as well as the strict rules on waste and ballast water management, the anti-fouling system and pollution by ozone-depleting substances.
The vessel is fully equipped with high incineration capacities, advanced water treatment systems and the newest oily water separators and has storage capacities for two days in full operation, allowing the ship to cruise with environmental safety and responsibility for longer distances.
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