2017 Cruise Ship Report Card

Friends of the Earths report card grades cruise lines on four criteria.

2017 cruise ship report card. We evaluated the cruise lines on four environmental factors. 2016 Cruise Ship Report Card Download. Read the full story.

The worlds largest cruise ship is Royal Caribbean Internationals MS Attract of the Seas. When 2 or more of the passengers or crew have gastrointestinal illness. According to the Friends of the Earth the Cruise Ship Report Card ranks the cruise lines and each ship in the respective fleet according to four criteria.

Sewage Treatment Air Pollution Reduction Water Quality Compliance and Transparency. At about 0730 on 9 February 2017 the passenger cruise ship Emerald Princess berthed in Port Chalmers New Zealand. The lines two medium shipsQueen Elizabeth and Queen Victoriaboth characteristic ballrooms bi-degree libraries with a spiral staircase and capacity for 2000 passengers to cruise in consolation via regions like the.

Local impacts from Cruise Ships HUMAN EXCREMENT Around 1 billion gallons of sewage is discharged from cruise ships every year. Cruise industry blocks updates to Puget Sound dumping agreement August 24 2021. I can see how cruise lines may be hesitant to respond to a questionnaire put forward by a well funded special interest group like this.

Environmental Protection Agency EPA says an average cruise ship with 3000 passengers and crew produces about 21000 gallons of sewage a dayenough to fill. Report Card lets vacationers decide which cruise to take based on a cruise ship or cruise lines environmental and human health impacts. 13 TOXIC DISCHARGE Oily bilge water and.

On 6 April 2017 two investigators boarded the Emerald Princess in Wellington to conduct further interviews with the ships crew. Friends of the Earth evaluated 16 major cruise lines and 185 cruise ships for the report card on four environmental factors in 2017 and 2018. Resources for industry profit.