Fred. Olsen Cruise Traces has chosen marine and offshore providers firm Star Worldwide to offer security upkeep for its fleet, based on a press launch.
The five-year partnership contains the annual inspection and restore of firefighting programs and life-saving gear (together with SOLAS inflatable life jackets) onboard Fred. Olsen’s three mid-sized cruise ships, the Bolette, the Borealis, and the Balmoral.
“Having labored with Fred. Olsen Cruise Traces on numerous events not too long ago, we had been delighted once they approached us for this long-term contract to assist safeguard their passengers and crew. Common and rigorous upkeep of onboard security programs is way more than only a regulatory requirement – it saves lives and mitigates the disruption and prices concerned in accidents at sea,” stated Star’s Managing Director Matthew Ball.
“Now we have an important affinity with Fred. Olsen Cruise Traces’ values: like them, Star began out as a family-run enterprise and, as we’ve grown, we’ve retained that people-focused method, delivering security servicing packages tailor-made to the wants of each buyer,” he added.
“We’re actually proud to be working with Star Worldwide, as two manufacturers with lengthy, wealthy histories within the marine and maritime fields,” stated Stuart Ferguson, Head of High quality and Useful resource at Fred. Olsen Cruise Traces.
“Security has at all times, and can at all times, be an utmost precedence for us, and we look ahead to working with Star Worldwide on the upkeep of a lot of our security gear within the years to come back,” he famous.
Crusing primarily out of the UK, Fred. Olsen Cruise Traces affords no-fly cruises to completely different elements of the world.
Beforehand in service for Holland America Line, the Bolette and the Borealis are the corporate’s largest and latest vessels.
After being initially constructed within the late Nineties, the 1,300-guest sister ships joined Fred Olsen’s fleet in 2020.
