Following a recent unfortunate incident involving Costa Concordia of which we are sure all readers are aware of by now, Costa Cruises’ parent company, Carnival Corporation, which also manages eight other cruise lines around the world, is to comprehensively investigate all emergency and safety procedures across its entire operation.

Mickey Arison, the Chairman of Carnival, said that as a whole, the cruise industry has kept up a virtually impeccable safety record over the years. He conceded that what happened in the case of the Concordia has left a question mark behind Carnival’s emergency response and safety procedures.

Arison added “While I have every confidence in the safety of our vessels and the professionalism of our crews, this review will evaluate all practices and procedures to make sure that this kind of accident doesn’t happen again.”

The man in charge of the review will be Carnival’s Senior VP of Maritime Policy and Compliance, James Hunn – who is a retired U.S. navy captain.

Hunn has spent nearly ten years focusing on efforts to establish nautical policy standards throughout the company’s nine cruise lines. During this period he was in charge of the company’s environmental, health, security and safety practices and procedures.

Senior safety and health executives from every one of the nine cruise lines will review their emergency response and safety procedures in cooperation with Captain Hunn. Crew and officer training and evaluation, support and response efforts and bridge management will also be reviewed.