Carnival’s Continued Pollution While on Probation
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Carnival’s Continued Pollution While on Probation

10 Jan Carnival’s Continued Pollution While on Probation

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U.S. District Judge Patricia Seitz called Carnival Corporation chairman Micky Arison to court halfway through the company’s five-year probation. Carnival Corporation is the world’s largest cruise company, and is the parent company to Princess, Carnival, and Holland America, which all operate out of Seattle.

The judge was unimpressed with the lack of progress towards operating within the law. The violations committed during probation include burning unfiltered heavy fuel oil in protected areas and dumping sewage, chemicals, food waste, gray water, oil, and garbage into the ocean.

Read the full article in The Miami Herald.

Carnival has a terrible track record of violating local and international maritime laws. They pay fines, then violate laws and probation over and over. With over three billion in profits a year, the it’s clear that the company finds it easier and perhaps cheaper to pay fines than to operate in compliance with local and international environmental laws.

We need tough and enforceable policies in Washington State and through the Port of Seattle.