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Carnival reportedly dumped over 500,000 gallons of sewage and 11,000 gallons of food waste improperly in the year while on probation for polluting the ocean

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In the year after Carnival Corporation was convicted of systematically dumping oily waste into the ocean and lying about it to regulators, its ships illegally discharged more than a half-million gallons of treated sewage, gray water, oil and food waste, and burned heavy fuel oil in ports and waters close to shores around the world, according to a court-appointed monitor.

 

The findings are part of a pattern of illegal behavior during Carnival Corp.’s first of five years on probation that led U.S. District Judge Patricia Seitz to publish a previously confidential report last week. In the 205-page report, the monitor overseeing Carnival Corp.’s environmental compliance flagged more than 800 incidents from April 2017 to April 2018.

 

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The monitor’s written report applauded the company’s cooperativeness on board and ashore, and noted the company had corrected conditions that led to the original charges. “The Company expended considerable efforts to meet the [probationary] Year One requirements, and has substantially complied with them,” the report states. “ Numerous individuals...have exhibited a strong commitment to creating a sustainable culture of environmental compliance.” The report also praised the company’s training initiatives.

 

But the report also called Carnival Corp.’s internal investigations “critically flawed” and said the company has not given enough authority to Chris Donald, its court-mandated corporate compliance manager. Donald told the Herald he has the authority and the confidence of Carnival Corp.’s executives. (Though he and company’s chief executive have the same surname, they are not related.)

Carnival Corp. CEO Arnold Donald said Tuesday that the company will do what it takes to ensure it meets all expectations of its probation and strive to be “best in class on environmental compliance.”

 

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A Miami Herald analysis of the report covering April 19, 2017 through April 18, 2018 provides a never-before-seen look at Carnival Corp.’s operations. The court-appointed monitor found that Carnival Corp:

 

▪ Discharged more than 500,000 gallons of treated sewage, almost all of which was dumped in Bahamian waters, and 12 gallons of oil, most of which was fuel from lifeboats. The actions were in violation of international and domestic laws, which do not allow dumping in ports or in waters close to land.

 

The most recent EPA survey of cruise ship sewage in 2004 found that cruise ships generate an average of 21,000 gallons of sewage each day. Carnival Corp. operates 105 ships worldwide. The illegally dumped sewage represents less than one percent of the sewage generated by Carnival Corp.’s fleet annually. 


▪ Released more than 11,000 gallons of food waste and saw dozens of physical objects drop into ports and waters close to shore in violation of international and domestic laws. Among the items that accidentally went overboard were five chairs, 41 cushions and pillows and 10 tables, most of them thrown by passengers. It is illegal to throw garbage overboard anywhere in the ocean under international law. Food waste can be discharged three miles off land in some areas, 12 miles off land in others.

 

▪ Burned unfiltered heavy fuel oil 19 times in protected areas for a total of 44 hours, in violation of international law, including 24 hours in a protected area off the coast of the North America. Carnival Corp. gives itself a six hour window to switch to a cleaner fuel while in protected areas. In only three incidents did ships burn heavy fuel oil for more than six hours: in Alaska, Iceland and an unspecified part of North America’s waters.

 

▪ Falsified records related to training and maintenance on four occasions.

 

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1 minute ago, Greatoneshere said:

Cruises can be fun from time to time but it's really not the best way to experience other countries, cultures, and cities properly because you often never spend enough time in one place. 

 

Either way, never have been on a Carnival cruise, and never intend to. This is pretty horrible though. 

 

It's a pretty short way to experience different countries, but man, it's always been a blast to do that for me. I danced with a mariachi band a few years ago, which remains one of my favorite memories. The other was singing Beatles songs with a man in Curacao with his guitar. Aruba was fun because the climate was so different than you'd expect (little rain, constantly breezy so no mosquitoes), though we discovered that it's been even drier than that in recent years, so the cacti have been changing colors and some have died.

 

Sometimes it's the little things: a violin trio performing for you, reading with the backdrop of an ocean in front of you, meeting people working there from all over the world, and once I came away with around $400 from the casino and was like, "Welp, this pays for my upcoming car insurance!" :p 

 

You just have to know that you're getting a day in each place, but if you go frequently or, say, once a year, I know people who will do different things each time when they revisit countries since the cruise experience is very fun for them.

 

Just now, Keyser_Soze said:

 

So one of your turds is out in the ocean? You're famous!

 

I like to think that I've swam in pee from some of the United States' original colonists.

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11 minutes ago, SaysWho? said:

 

It's a pretty short way to experience different countries, but man, it's always been a blast to do that for me. I danced with a mariachi band a few years ago, which remains one of my favorite memories. The other was singing Beatles songs with a man in Curacao with his guitar. Aruba was fun because the climate was so different than you'd expect (little rain, constantly breezy so no mosquitoes), though we discovered that it's been even drier than that in recent years, so the cacti have been changing colors and some have died.

 

Sometimes it's the little things: a violin trio performing for you, reading with the backdrop of an ocean in front of you, meeting people working there from all over the world, and once I came away with around $400 from the casino and was like, "Welp, this pays for my upcoming car insurance!" :p 

 

You just have to know that you're getting a day in each place, but if you go frequently or, say, once a year, I know people who will do different things each time when they revisit countries since the cruise experience is very fun for them.

 

No doubt - it is an excellent way to see a number of places quickly whilst still experiencing the place, and cruise boats have a lot to do and being on the water is an excellent feeling. It's an entire culture unto itself (cruises).

 

But I've always preferred taking 2-3 weeks in a city/country (depending on how worthwhile the city/country has things to do/see) and really soak in the culture and atmosphere, walking the streets, meeting people, etc. as you say. It's a lot easier to get a sense of a place when you stay there for 3 weeks than visit it for 1 day.

 

However, I see your point if you are revisiting the same places on multiple cruises, though I'm always trying to visit new places unless there's a place I really loved visiting. And on the flipside, 1 day or 2 days is enough for some places, where there isn't that much to see/do/experience. But I'd rather spend 3 weeks in Morocco than one or two days. Same with Tokyo, Seoul, Thailand, etc. But I've enjoyed the cruises I've gone on, both in the Caribbean and in Scandinavia and Europe, so I don't want to seem like a hater either.

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No doubt - it is an excellent way to see a number of places quickly whilst still experiencing the place, and cruise boats have a lot to do and being on the water is an excellent feeling. It's an entire culture unto itself (cruises).

 

But I've always preferred taking 2-3 weeks in a city/country (depending on how worthwhile the city/country has things to do/see) and really soak in the culture and atmosphere, walking the streets, meeting people, etc. as you say. It's a lot easier to get a sense of a place when you stay there for 3 weeks than visit it for 1 day.

 

However, I see your point if you are revisiting the same places on multiple cruises, though I'm always trying to visit new places unless there's a place I really loved visiting. And on the flipside, 1 day or 2 days is enough for some places, where there isn't that much to see/do/experience. But I'd rather spend 3 weeks in Morocco than one or two days. Same with Tokyo, Seoul, Thailand, etc. But I've enjoyed the cruises I've gone on, both in the Caribbean and in Scandinavia and Europe, so I don't want to seem like a hater either.

 

I feel Mediterranean cruises would be really cool but they're in places that you'd really want to soak in. If you go to, say, Grand Turk, one day is more than enough.

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