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Galveston Bags $1m Grant for Shore Power Pilot

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Galveston Wharves was awarded a $1m grant for a shore power pilot project in partnership with Texas A&M University at Galveston, reports OceanCrew.

The goal is to reduce emissions from cargo shipping at the Port of Galveston, however cruise vessels there may benefit from the findings.

Funded by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the pilot will include establishing an onshore electricity microgrid to provide a clean portable power source to a docked ship...

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Covid 19 Forces Multi-billion Dollar Cruise Industry To Dismantle Cruises

  • This is Aliaga, a port in Turkey, some 45km north of Izmir.
  • Normally this dock would be where old cargo and container ships are dismantled for scrap metal.
  • But 2020 is not a normal year, and these drone images show the striking effects of coronavirus on the travel industry.
  • With the global pandemic pushing the multi-billion dollar cruise industry into crisis, some operators have been forced to cut losses and retire ships earlier than planned.
  • Lined up in the floating graveyard are five cruise...

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Will You Have To Wear A Mask on Your Next Cruise?

  • Cruise passengers might have to wear masks when they sail, at least some of the time.
  • Masks, whether homemade or medical grade, have become a staple of life.
  • Many states and cities require people to wear masks in enclosed public areas.
  • Cruise lines are examining different health protocols to tackle CVOID-19.
  • Royal Caribbean applied for a patent for Seaface, sanitary masks for virus isolation purposes.

According to an article published in USA Today, as cruise lines release their tentative plans...

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Cruise Giant Sinks To Record Loss!

  • Carnival Corp reported a record $4.4 billion in quarterly losses.
  • COVID-19 pandemic has crippled the world’s biggest cruise operator and forced it to take major write-downs on the disposal of now redundant ships.
  • The cruise operator expects to burn about $650 million a month for the second half of the year.

Carnival Corp. reported a preliminary quarterly loss of more than $4 billion, its largest ever, as the COVID-19 pandemic has idled ships, reports Wall Street Journal.

The cruise company has...

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Carnival and Royal Caribbean – Major Perpetrators of Water Pollution

  • The Environmental-advocacy group Friends of the Earth says Carnival Corp and Royal Caribbean Cruises do a poor job of limiting the pollution from their ships. 
  • The group graded 16 cruise lines based on sewage treatment, rules to control air pollution and water pollution, and information on their environmental practices. 
  • Disney Cruise Line was the only business to earn a grade higher than a C-. 
  • None of the Carnival or Royal Caribbean examined by Friends of the Earth earned a grade higher than...

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