2017 Cruise Ship Report Card
Friends of the Earths Cruise Ship Report Card ranks 18 major cruise lines and 202 cruise ships AIDA Cruises Carnival Cruise Lines Celebrity Cruises Costa Cruises Crystal Cruises Cunard Cruise Line Disney Cruise Line Holland America Line MSC Cruises Norwegian Cruise Lines Oceania Cruises PO Cruises Princess Cruises Regent Seven Seas Cruises Royal Caribbean Intl Seabourn Cruise Line Silversea Cruises.
2017 cruise ship report card. The ship was scheduled to depart the same day. The report card is meant to draw attention to the environmental impact of the booming cruise industry and help cruise-goers choose the most environmentally responsible cruises. Cooke Aquaculture Secures Permit to Stock Risky Washington Fish Farm August 6 2021.
Local impacts from Cruise Ships HUMAN EXCREMENT Around 1 billion gallons of sewage is discharged from cruise ships every year. Princess Cruises is a premier cruise line that began with a single ship crusing to Mexico. The 2020 Cruise Ship Report Card takes a continued hard look at the cruise industry to see if clean cruising is possible and in most cases the answer is still a resounding NO.
Air pollution reduction whether ships have installed shoreside power or scrubbers and if they use cleaner fuel than required by US. Friends of the Earth released the 2016 edition of its Cruise Ship Report Card documenting the environmental footprint of the cruise industry and grading 17 cruise lines and their 171 ships. As soon as something wrong happens on a particular passenger ship we add a report regarding the accident incident at the vessels dedicated accident page.
Millions of Americans take cruise vacations every year. The worlds largest cruise ship is Royal Caribbean Internationals MS Attract of the Seas. Friends of the Earth issued its first-ever Cruise Ship Environmental Report Card an assessment of the environmental and human health footprint of cruise lines and ships operating in the United States.
Sewage treatment air pollution reduction water quality compliance and transparency. The 2019 Cruise Ship Report Card ranks 16 major cruise lines and 185 cruise ships according to four environmental criteria. Resources for industry profit.
Report Card lets vacationers decide which cruise to take based on a cruise ship or cruise lines environmental and human health impacts. Environmental Protection Agency EPA says an average cruise ship with 3000 passengers and crew produces about 21000 gallons of sewage a dayenough to fill. The report card last released in 2014 shows an ongoing lack of initiative by cruise companies to install technologies that reduce their air and water pollution impact on travel.
