Guidance

At a glance

Explore VSP's guidance. The VSP Operations Manual contains public health standards used to inspect cruise ships; the VSP Construction Guidelines provide a framework of consistent construction and design guidelines to help protect passenger and crew health.

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Operations manual

The VSP Operations Manual contains public health standards used to inspect cruise ships.

Construction guidelines

The VSP Construction Guidelines provide a framework of consistent construction and design guidelines to help protect passenger and crew health.

Fees for cruise ship inspections

The fee schedule for VSP's inspections of cruise ships was first published in the Federal Register on November 24, 1987 (). ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø began collecting fees on March 1, 1988.


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Cruise ship AGE publications

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National Center for Environmental Health