Cruise & Ferry Review - Spring/Summer 2021

1 2 5 accreditations and certification that helps shipowners to assess their health safety policies against six categories: medical, policy, food, ventilation, accommodation and water. As part of the descriptive notation, Lloyd’s Register provides a detailed survey and inspection of the key areas where health risks are elevated. The process can be fully customised to suit all sizes and types of ship, different clients’ needs and it exceeds the requirements set by regulatory compliance bodies. Achieving certification allows cruise ships and other passenger vessels to demonstrate that they have heightened safety procedures to reduce the risk of the introduction and spread of infectious diseases onboard cruise ships, ferries and other ships and assets. “When we designed our SHIELD solution, we focused on finding ways to reduce the risk of infectious diseases spreading on ships, not just for Covid-19 and subsequent strains of the virus, but also for future threats too,” says Bollerman. “We analysed the requirements for the biggest and most complicated ship, as well as the World Health Organization’s strategy to combat the virus, and used all this knowledge to build SHIELD.” According to Bollerman, Lloyd’s Register hopes SHIELD will help to build an improvement culture across the passenger shipping industry. “If SHIELD flags a flaw, we don’t seek to attribute blame, we seek to train and resolve,” he explains. “Of course, no one will just be waiting for our annual visit – everyone will be working hard to exceed the standards expected of them every day. “For example, if an onboard engineer opens a filter once a month and notices