Marioff, the Finnish water mist fire protection technology in the Unitted Technologies group of the US, says it has signed a five-year frame agreement for maintenance services with Carnival Corporation & plc.

“The agreement covers servicing and maintaining HI-FOG® water mist fire suppression systems already installed onboard 66 cruise vessels owned by Carnival Corporation and operating under Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line N.V., Seabourn Cruise Line Ltd., Cunard Line, Carnival Australia, P&O Cruises, Princess Cruise Lines Ltd and AIDA Cruises brands,” Marioff said in a statement.

The five-year agreement is amongst the most extensive agreements Marioff has ever formed, in terms of scope and duration. According to the agreement, Marioff will provide a broad range of services to Carnival Corporation & plc, including annual and breakdown maintenance, more extensive periodical preventive maintenance services, spare parts sales and crew training on the system operation.

Marioff has designed a standard, fleet-wide service programme with Carnival Corporation & plc to align the maintenance processes and documentation to meet latest OEM service recommendations and IMO and class society rules, it said.