I ka hui pū ʻana me nā hana a ka International Cruise Victims Association (ICV), ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā kānāwai nui e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka palekana ma nā moku holo moku i kēia lā e Lunamakaʻāinana Doris Matsui i ka Hale o nā Lunamakaʻāinana o ʻAmelika a me Sen. John Kerry i ka US Senate.

Ua kapa ʻia ʻo The Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act o 2009, e hāʻawi ke kānāwai i ka maopopo i ka hōʻike ʻana i nā hewa, ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka pane ʻana i ka hewa, ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā kaʻina aʻo palekana a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā kūlana palekana a me ka nohona.

Ma ka ʻaha kūkā o ka ʻaha kūkā ma Malaki 2006, ua hoʻolauna mua ʻo ICV i kahi papahana 10-point e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka palekana ma nā moku holo moana, me ka pahuhopu o ka pale ʻana i nā poʻe kaʻa a me nā poʻe holo moku. Hoʻokomo ʻia kēia mau manaʻo i loko o ke kānāwai hou.

Mai Kekemapa 2005, ua komo nā lālā ICV i ʻelima mau hālāwai kūkā o ka Congressional. ʻO nā hālāwai kūkā ʻehā o ka Hale, ʻelua i alakaʻi ʻia e Congresswoman Matsui (D-CA). ʻO ka hālāwai Senate, i mālama ʻia ma 2008, ua alakaʻi ʻia e Sen. John Kerry (D-MA). Ua hui pū nā lālā ICV me nā luna o ka moku holo moku i ʻehā mau manawa kaʻawale i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻokō i ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana i nā kaʻina hana palekana no nā poʻe holo kaʻa a me nā hui. ʻOiai ʻo kēia mau hana a pau, ʻaʻole i hoʻokō nā laina holo moku i nā loli koʻikoʻi e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka palekana, e waiho ana i ke kānāwai ʻo ia wale nō ke koho.

"ʻO ka mea i loaʻa iā mākou ma nā hālāwai hoʻolohe manaʻo he mea weliweli maoli ia," wahi a Congresswoman Matsui. "ʻAʻohe liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻohe hoʻoponopono o ka ʻoihana holo moku, a he nui loa nā hewa i hoʻopaʻi ʻole ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Inā ʻaʻole e hana ʻo Goliath e like me ka ʻoihana moku holo moku i ka pono o nā mea kūʻai aku e hāʻawi nei iā ia i ko lākou pono pilikino, a laila he kuleana ko Congress e komo i loko a hoʻoheheʻe i ka lā i ka pilikia, "wahi āna.

ʻOiai ua hoʻokumu ʻia ma US, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā hui holo moku e hoʻopaʻa inoa ma nā ʻāina ʻē e like me Liberia a me Panama. ʻOiai ke hoʻolilo nei i nā miliona miliona e hoʻolaha i nā hoʻomaha hoʻomaha holo moku i manaʻo nui ʻia i nā ʻAmelika, ua hoʻolilo ka ʻoihana holo moku i nā miliona e hoʻopaʻapaʻa kūʻē i nā hana e hoʻokumu i nā hoʻoponopono palekana kūpono.

"ʻO ka palekana o ka poʻe kaʻa ka mea nui loa no ka ʻoihana laina holo moana," wahi a Sen. Kerry, "a maopopo he hana kā lākou e hana ai."

Ua ʻae ʻo Kendall Carver, Pelekikena o ICV. "ʻAʻohe kumu e loaʻa ʻole ai i ka poʻe kaʻa ma nā moku holo moku ka palekana e like me kā lākou e loaʻa ai ma kahi hale kūʻai kūʻai like ʻole ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa - no ka mea, e alo kākou, ʻo ia ka hoʻokūkū o nā laina holo moana." Paipai ʻo ia i nā ʻAmelika a pau e kākoʻo i ka bila ma o ka hoʻopili ʻana i ko lākou mau ʻelele ʻahaʻōlelo.

ʻO ka International Cruise Victims Association, Inc. (ICV) he hui waiwai ʻole i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā poʻe i hōʻeha a me nā ʻohana o ka poʻe i loaʻa i nā hewa holo moana. No ka 'ike hou aku, e 'olu'olu e kipa www.internationalcruisevictims.org

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When a Goliath like the cruise ship industry will not act in the best interest of the customers who are entrusting it with their personal well-being, then Congress has a responsibility to step in and shed some sunlight on the problem,” she adds.
“There is no reason that passengers on cruise ships should not have the same protection that they would at a comparably priced resort in the United States – because, let's face it, that is the cruise lines' competition.
At a congressional hearing in March 2006, ICV first introduced a 10-point program to improve safety on cruise ships, with the goal of protecting both passengers and crewmembers.