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International maritime regulations that might oversee operations of these big commercial ships that take passengers. i'd be interested to know exactly how all of that is going to unfold. i mean, who is the overriding authority on writing international regulations on what companies have to adhere to. because you've got a lot of things that will have to be after this one. mark potter stand by. we'll get back to you shortly. joining me is michael krye who has spent decades working on maritime safety issues. he was a spokesman for the cruise industry and is a former coast guard officer. mark, good...

The accident. but since this vessel operates to and from the united states, the united states coast guard and the national transportation safety board have as substantially interested parties have jurisdiction as well. so the investigation will be conducted jointly by the bahamians and the united states officials in the body of the coast guard and the national transportation safety board. >> michael, would you assess that carnival got lucky here? that this could have been a lot worse? >> i think that the fire safety systems or the systems worked properly. the way they're designed to operate. t...

Because of something going around, that didn't happen. there were people who got exhausted or maybe sprained an ankle. >> reporter: thank you very much. we wish you well on your trip home. back to you. >> thanks, mark. mark potter on dock side in mobile, alabama. we are rejoined now by michael crye who is a former coast guard officer. michael, obviously with this investigation that's going to take place, what are the chances of some kind of regulation that could go into place on the heels of an investigation? maybe some changing or safeguards put in place? >> absolutely. lessons learned are im...

But the safety systems designed to put out the fire did exactly that. and did it fairly quickly as i understand it. but it obviously caused a casualty to all the electrical systems on the ship. >> what powers this ship? is it a big diesel engine? what is it? >> my understanding is this is a diesel/electric ship. that means you have a couple of engine rooms and you have large diesel generators or gen-sets. >> michael, stay with us. can you stay with us? i have other things happening. i want you to stay with us. janie baker you're about a to get off the ship.

We're rejoining now with michael krye who has spent decades working on maritime safety issues. he was a spokesman for the cruise industry and is a former coast guard officer. let's talk about the rescue, michael, if i can. was this the safest thing just to have the tugs bring the ship to dock even though it took four and a half days? >> yeah. i really do believe so. obviously they could have taken passengers from one ship to another but then the other ships would have been at over capacity. and also the process of actually physically moving people from one ship to another in the middle of the ...