Since 2000 at least 200 passengers and crew members have gone overboard on cruise ships and ferries worldwide.

‘Vanished without trace’,

Tagesspiegel, 25/8/2013

Cruise ships are like small cities. But […] no one falls off a city never to be heard of again.

US Senator Christopher Shays,

Guardian, 2007

Record passenger numbers: the cruise ship industry has broken the 20 million barrier. […] The sector is celebrating a growth of ten per cent and believes that much untapped potential still exists.

Spiegel Online, 11/9/2012