The Role of American NGOs in the Regulation of Cruise Ship Pollution

Role of US NGOs in cruise pollution control Every year thousands of tons of pollutants are produced on a cruise ship and dumped into the world ocean. This contamination threatens the marine environment, the cruise industry, and those who rely on the healthy sea. Historical and current international marine systems do not provide a comprehensive oversight of cruise ship pollution. In response to the limited marine pollution regulations in the United States and the threat posed by international waters, several US NGOs adopt various strategies to generate government, industry and consumer reactions.

Cruise ships are seriously involved in black water (including human excrement), gray water (shower, dishwasher, runoff runoff), bilge water (from the bottom of the ship), solid waste (waste), chemical waste It can cause pollution (cleaning agent), solvent, oil). A ship can produce about 1 million liters of miscellaneous wastewater per day, over 113,000 liters of black water, and more than 140,000 liters of bilge water. Depending on the area of ​​operation, the ship can directly discharge these wastes to the ocean. Ballast tanks filled to maintain the floating of the ship can be transported to other areas and destroy sensitive ecosystems after they are polluted by the species (Briggs, 2008).

If you have it, you will definitely notice something. First of all, there are not so many Americans on that ship and there are two ships. The ship you are riding is not a flag of the United States. Why are you asking? Cruise companies are usually "US" companies. Of course, are they regulated by US laws and hire US employees? This is very easy. Why should a major US cruise company deal with all the annoying US legislation on labor and maritime regulation? When can you mark your ship in Liberia and deal with the more friendly and less regulated Liberian government? And that is what the cruise industry does - they mark their ship in a convenient country and follow the country's less restrictive labor and maritime law. But how does this have to do with the US aviation industry?

Carnival is one of the world's largest cruise ship operators, one of the top 10 cruise brands owned by the US and Canada. Carnival and plc. Carnival cruise in 2018 is estimated to account for 9% and 22.0% of passengers in the cruise industry. There are 26 vessels, the largest fleet in the Fiesta group. The ship is flagged with a convenience flag; 18 of them are flying Flag of Panama, 6 Bahama and 2 Malta boat. Our head office is located in Miami, Florida, USA. Carnival's North American business unit supervises the company and its head office is located in Doral, Florida.