MIAMI – Carnival Cruise Lines has appointed four highly
esteemed maritime and transportation industry experts – Rear Admiral
Mark H. Buzby, Rear Admiral Joseph
F. Campbell, Ray Valeika and Dr. John K. Lauber -- to the company’s new
Safety & Reliability Review Board.
Announced
in April as part of Carnival’s comprehensive fleetwide technical
enhancement program, the review board was created to provide independent
third-party perspective
and to drive continuous improvement across the line’s fleet.
The core
objectives of the board are to review Carnival Cruise Lines’ current
policies, practices and performance and to guide the company in
incorporating best practices from other relevant fields
and industries. The four new board members are:
·
Rear Admiral Mark H. Buzby
Rear Admiral
Mark H. Buzby will be retiring from the U.S. Navy on August 1 after a
34 year career as a Surface Warfare officer. For the past three and a
half years, he commanded the Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC),
responsible for the operation and maintenance of
112 civilian manned logistics, support, special mission, and
prepositioning ships operating around the globe. A graduate of the U.S.
Merchant Marine Academy, Buzby has served extensively at sea in
destroyers, cruisers, and a hydrofoil. He commanded five
times including destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64), Destroyer Squadron 31,
Surface Warfare Officers School, Joint Task Force Guantanamo, and MSC.
Ashore, Rear Admiral Buzby has served several tours on the Chief of
Naval Operations staff and the Joint Staff. As
a Flag officer, he served as Deputy for Surface Ships, Deputy for
Expeditionary Warfare, and Deputy for Surface Warfare. He served as
Deputy Chief of Staff for Global Force Management and Joint Operations
at U.S. Fleet Forces Command in Norfolk, Virginia.
Rear Admiral Buzby has been awarded a number of decorations including
the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion
of Merit, Bronze Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious
Service Medal and numerous other unit and campaign
awards. He brings a wealth of fleet-level operational expertise to the
Board.
·
Rear Admiral Joseph F. Campbell
was an engineering
duty officer in the U.S. Navy for more than 32 years. He served in
various waterfront maintenance tours and commanded Norfolk Naval
Shipyard for two separate periods from 2003 to 2006 and from 2012 to
2013. Upon promotion to Rear Admiral, he served on the
staff of the Chief of Naval Operations as Fleet Maintenance Officer at
U.S. Fleet Forces Command and at the Naval Sea Systems Command as Deputy
for Industrial Operations and Maintenance. During his Navy career
Campbell was awarded the prestigious Distinguished
Service Medal along with other personal medals and numerous campaign
and unit awards.
·
Ray Valeika
is an internationally recognized
aviation operations expert with more than 40 years of experience in
managing large airline maintenance operations. After retiring from
Delta Air Lines as senior vice president - technical operations, Valeika
works as an independent consultant for global maintenance
and engineering firms. During his esteemed career, Valeika has
directed staffs of more than 10,000 professionals, and advised major
companies in aviation and technical matters. His leadership at Delta
resulted in continuous improvement of the human factor
processes in aviation maintenance, with Delta’s Technical Operations
division consistently ranking at the top of the industry for performance
benchmarks in the areas of safety, quality, productivity and
reliability. Under Valeika’s leadership, Delta achieved
STAR level, the highest safety rating awarded by the national
Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) Voluntary
Protection Program. Delta also received the Federal Aviation
Administration’s (FAA’s) Diamond award, its highest award for
maintenance
technician training safety. Valeika was also a member of the FAA’s
special Airworthiness Directives Compliance Review Team. In addition,
Valeika was the recipient of the Air Transport Association’s Nuts &
Bolts award for his leadership and achievement in
furthering safety and quality standards in the commercial aviation
industry.
·
Dr. John K. Lauber
previously served as
senior vice president and chief product safety officer for Airbus SAS
in Toulouse, France, and also was vice president – safety and technical
affairs for Airbus North America in Washington, DC. Prior to joining
Airbus, he was vice president of corporate safety
and compliance at Delta Air Lines. Dr. Lauber has received numerous
awards, including NASA’s Outstanding Leadership Award, the Flight Safety
Foundation/Aviation Week Space Technology Distinguished Service Award
and the Boeing/Flight Safety Foundation Aviation
Safety Lifetime Achievement Award. Most recently, he received the
Joseph T. Nall award from the International Aviation and Transportation
Safety Bar Association. In 1985, Dr. Lauber was nominated by President
Reagan and confirmed by the U.S. Senate for a
term as a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board. In 1990
he was re-nominated by President Bush and confirmed for a second term at
the NTSB, where he served until 1994. He has been a member of many
other advisory committees and boards, including
the Workshop on Assessing the Research and Development Plan for the
Next Generation Air Transportation System, and the Committee on the
Effects of Commuting on Pilot Fatigue. He is a member of the MITRE
Aviation Advisory Committee and serves as vice chairman
of the Puget Sound Harbor Safety Committee.
“In
April, Carnival Cruise Lines announced a major initiative encompassing
technical, safety and reliability enhancements,” said Gerry Cahill,
president and CEO of Carnival
Cruise Lines. “That initiative encompasses a $300 million investment
to significantly enhance emergency power capabilities, introduce new
fire safety technologies and improve the level of operating redundancies
across our entire 24-ship fleet, as well as
the formation of a Safety & Reliability Review Board. All of these
measures serve to position us as an industry leader in operational best
practices as we move towards the future,” Cahill added.
In
addition to these external members, the Safety & Reliability Review
Board will also include the following technical experts from within
Carnival Cruise Lines:
·
Martin
Landtman, senior vice president marine operations, who oversees all
aspects of marine operations for the line’s 24-vessel fleet and joined
Carnival in February 2011. Prior to joining Carnival, Landtman was
president of Aker Yards/STX Finland, Inc., one of the world’s largest
shipbuilders. He also spent several years in senior management positions
at Kvaernar Masa-Yards, a leading Helsinki-based
shipbuilder, and 10 years at Wartsila Shipyards in a number of
technical operations posts, including head of machinery design.
·
Richard J. O’Hanlon, vice president – nautical and safety operations, who joined Carnival in May 2013 and
is responsible
for all aspects of nautical and safety functions across the Carnival
fleet, including bridge procedures and nautical operations, as well as
firefighting and lifesaving systems. O’Hanlon is a former rear admiral
in the U.S. Navy with nearly two decades of government
and private sector executive experience in maritime operations,
maintenance and logistics. O’Hanlon was previously commander of the
Naval Air Force Atlantic and deputy chief of staff for logistics and
training for U.S. Fleet Forces, both based in Norfolk,
Va.
·
Mark
Jackson, vice president - technical operations, who joined Carnival in
April 2013 and oversees all technical marine functions across the
Carnival fleet, including repair and maintenance, refurbishment
projects, and related technical services. Jackson is a 24-year veteran
of the United States Coast Guard with extensive experience in nautical
engineering, maritime repair and refurbishments, and
ship operations. Prior to joining Carnival, Jackson was commanding
officer of the U.S. Coast Guard base in Miami Beach, FL. He was also
commanding officer of the Naval Engineering Support unit in Miami
overseeing a team of 100-plus engineers and served as
lead instructor for shipboard stability and firefighting at the U.S.
Navy Warfare Officers School.
Carnival's
Safety & Reliability Review Board is in addition to parent company
Carnival Corp. & plc's board-level Health, Environmental, Safety and
Security Committee as well
as multiple regulatory agencies which provide extensive cruise industry
oversight.
About Carnival Cruise Lines
Carnival
is "The World's Most Popular Cruise Line®" with 24 ships operating
three- to 16-day voyages to The Bahamas, Caribbean,
Mexican Riviera, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, New England, Europe, Panama
Canal, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, Norway, the Baltic and the
British Isles. The company’s 25th ship, an as-yet-unnamed 135,000-ton vessel, is scheduled for delivery in
winter 2016.
Carnival
is a proud member of World’s Leading Cruise Lines. Our exclusive
alliance also includes Cunard, Holland America Line,
Princess Cruises, Costa Cruises and Seabourn. Sharing a passion to
please each guest and a commitment to quality and value, World’s Leading
Cruise Lines inspires people to discover their best vacation
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