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The cruise industry is a significant and growing contributor to the U.S. economy, providing more than $32 billion in total benefits annually and generating more than 330,000 U.S. jobs, [2] but also making the environmental impacts of its activities an issue to many. Since 1980, the average annual growth rate in the number of cruise passengers ...
MSC Splendida in the Geirangerfjord, Norway (2016). Cruise ship pollution in Europe is a major part of the environmental impact of shipping.Most cruise ship companies operating in European exclusive economic zones (EEZs) [note 1] are part of two mega corporations: Carnival Corporation & plc and the Royal Caribbean Group. [2]
The industry campaign group Transport & Environment says the world's biggest cruise ships have doubled in size since 2000, which is raising environmental concerns.
A cargo ship discharging ballast water into the sea. Ballast water discharges by ships can have a negative impact on the marine environment. [1] Cruise ships, large tankers, and bulk cargo carriers use a huge amount of ballast water, which is often taken on in the coastal waters in one region after ships discharge wastewater or unload cargo, and discharged at the next port of call, wherever ...
The cruise industry is growing too fast and needs to pay more tax to reflect its environmental impact, lobby group Transport & Environment says in a report.
“The cruise ship industry is the fastest growing tourism sector in Australia right now and, in the last five years, the GBRMPA and state government have issued over 103 permits for cruise ships ...
Despite grumbling about a rising lack of hospitality, the global cruise industry is set to carry 10.7% more passengers in 2028 than in 2023, when 31.7 million tourists boarded the liners. This ...
Title I of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) applies to cruise ships and other vessels and makes it illegal to transport garbage from the United States for the purpose of dumping it into ocean waters without a permit or to dump any material transported from a location outside the United States into U.S. territorial ...