From aggressive onboard recycling programs to utilizing the latest technologies, Alaska cruise companies are committed to maintaining a safe and healthy environment. ACA members have invested millions of dollars to improve the environmental performance of vessels and have voluntarily adopted higher standards than those required by law. New technology such as smokeless gas-turbine engines, state-of-the-art wastewater management systems and cleaner burning, low-sulfur fuels are helping to eliminate waste and air emissions.
Health and safety of our visitors is also of paramount importance. Cruise lines operating in North America currently have the best safety record in the travel industry. Fire teams, highly trained security personnel and emergency medical workers are all present onboard Alaska cruises – making the ships one of the safest forms of transportation.
Alaska has some of the strictest environmental and safety regulations in the country. These are enforced by state and federal agencies including the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Coast Guard and International Convention of Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) among others.
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