Luxury cruise holiday company Silversea fails a surprise health inspection in …
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Jo Tweedy
08:54 EST, 22 July 2013
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09:39 EST, 22 July 2013
One of the UK’s most expensive cruise holiday companies has failed a health inspection on board one of its luxury liners.
The Silver Shadow vessel, owned by Silversea, was sailing in Alaska when it received a surprise inspection by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
Failure: Silversea’s Silver Shadow had the surprise health inspection while docked at Skagway on the Alaskan Panhandle
The inspection, which took place on June 17, scored the 382-person cruise liner three points below the satisfactory pass mark of 87 out of 100.
The 13-year-old ship, which charges more than £2,000 per passenger for a 7-night cruise in that region, was in Skagway on the Alaskan panhandle when the unannounced inspectors boarded the ship.
The CDC has yet to release specific information on what the liner failed on but Silversea has promised a swift response to the inspection.
Mike Bonner, Silversea General Manager for UK Ireland said: “Silversea has taken immediate measures to ensure that Silver Shadow retains the highest standards in all areas of it operations. These measures include additional staff training and monitoring, on top of the extensive training already in place.”
“Silversea is deeply disappointed by this specific and only unsatisfactory score and takes very seriously its responsibilities on passenger and crew health and safety. Silversea ships have achieved perfect scores of 100 on several VSP inspections, including the most recent inspection in April on board another ship in the fleet.”
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