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Carnival Corporation Joins MONALISA Project

A project by Swedish Maritime Administration to enhance safety Always seeking new ways to enhance safety, the shipping industry is turning to Sweden and the Swedish Maritime Administration to continuously track locations of cruise and cargo vessels sailing European waters. The MONALISA project, led by The Swedish Maritime Administration, has attracted considerable international interest and the world's largest cruise company, Carnival Corporation & plc, is now joining an extension of the project.The European Commission has highlighted the importance of developing strong measures to create safer navigation routes and avoid future disasters by enhancing traffic control in congested waterways. The Swedish Maritime Administration has now initiated an extension of the ongoing MONALISA project, called MONALISA 2.0, through a renewed application to the European Commission's TEN-T program. The MONALISA project is a computerized tracking system that offers a continuous at-a-glance view of ship traffic in specific regions. It is designed to provide cruise and cargo operators with information that enables them to operate their business in the safest and most efficient manner possible.The Swedish Maritime Administration will, in collaboration with Carnival Corporation & plc, extend the current test area from the Baltic Sea to include the Mediterranean Sea. A number of Europe ...

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