Cruise Ship Report Card

Disney Cruise Line earned the highest overall grade earning an A- while the other 15 cruise lines scored a C- or below.

Cruise ship report card. We evaluated 18 major cruise lines on 4 environmental factors. Massive oil spill in Orange County highlights need for phase out of all CA oil production October 5 2021. The 2010 Cruise Ship Report Card lets vacationers decide which cruise to take based on a cruise ship or cruise lines environmental and human health impacts.

Disney Cruise Line earned the highest overall grade earning an A- originally but downgraded to B- more on this below while the other 15 cruise lines scored a. Cruise industry blocks updates to Puget Sound dumping agreement August 24 2021. The 2021 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.

Environmental Protection Agency EPA says an average cruise ship with 3000 passengers and crew produces about 21000 gallons of sewage a dayenough to fill 10. Save up to 5600 per couple on Viking cruises when you book by 24 December 2021. Yet most travelers dont realize that taking a cruise is more harmful to the environment and human health than many other forms of travel.

What goes in must come out The enormous amounts of food and drink consumed on cruise ships along with water from laundry pool medical facilities photo labs spas and dry. According to the organization which is described as representing a network of environmental organizations in 74 countries the report card last released in 2010 shows a continued lack of effort on behalf of many cruise lines to pursue ways to reduce their air and water pollution impact on the places passengers take cruises to see and the communities that. The group graded 15 cruise lines and the 148 ships.

2021 Cruise Ship Report Card. FOE has been releasing the cruise report semi-annually since. This years report card continues to show an apparent ongoing lack of drive by most cruise companies to reduce their air and water pollution.

The group Friends of the Earth released the 2012 edition of its Cruise Ship Report Card which documents how the cruise industry and its many vessels affect the environment. Their pristine resources for industry profit. What the group discovered was rather alarming.