Viewpoint: No place like home
Accommodation in modern ships is less spacious and comfortable these days, with extra costs on what might be considered as ‘frills’ cut out as shipbuilders struggle to turn a profit. But with more time spent on board, it would surely not cost much to make crew living areas more attractive
There are some astonishing designs today including a fashion for perching the accommodation block on the bow, where it will be victim to fierce shocks as the vessel plunges through the waves