dr. daniel pavel. >> thank you for the introduction. madam chair, board members, and thank you for the opportunity to be on this panel. -- >> could you pull the microphone just a bit closer? >> is that okay? my presentation will address preparedness of modern cruise vessels, and i will start with some definitions to get sound basis on the simulations i shall later. first of all, we have of course rules assigned on board a vessel. every space, a group of space is has at least two means of escape. there's requirement on lighting and signing. we have assembly stations for locating and mastering all the persons on board in an emergency. these shelby in the vicinity of embarkation deck. the embarkation station, that is a station that is a deck where the lifeboats or life raft are boarded. for the embarkation we have different faces and different rules regarding that. firstly towards assembly station, that is the first phase. then we will muster the passenger and crew on the assembly station. for this we have a mandatory guideline for all pro

dr. daniel pavel from dngvl. doctor? >> thank you for the introduction. madam chair, board members, thank you for the opportunity to be on this panel. >> dr. pavel, could you pull the microphone just a bit closer? >> yeah. >> thank you. >> okay, is that okay? my presentation will address evacuation preparedness of modern cruise vessels, and i will start with some definitions to the get some basis on the simulations i'll show later. first of all, we have, of course, evacuation routes assigned onboard our vessels. and every space or group of spaces has two, at least two means of escape, and there's a requirement on width of the escape and on lighting and signing. we have assembly stations for allocating and mustering all the persons onboard in an emergency, these shall be in the vicinity of the -- [inaudible] deck. the embarkation station or the deck, that is a deck where the lifeboats or life rafts are boarded. for the evacuation, we have different phases and different rules regarding that. the evacuation, firstly, towards the assembly station, that is the