Cruising is one of the safest forms of transportation.

There was no commercial decision involved.

Cruising is and has been one of the most safe vacations that you can engage in and will remain so.

The cruise lines cooperated with Congress in gathering these statistics to further demonstrate that cruising is an exceptionally safe vacation.

We have excellent security practices on board the ships that screen out anything you don't want on board.

I think that the industry takes each and every situation … seriously, and responds according to the protocol.

It's in our interest to make sure that everything is properly reported and that everybody is taken care of from a business perspective. That's how you maintain your image.

While a crime can occur anywhere, a cruise ship is one of the safest ways to travel.

It's simply an area that must be traversed if you're going from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean or southeast Asia. What we hope is that order is restored in Somalia and these thieves are dealt with effectively.