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Article: Pollution in Alaska.(Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines; Carnival Corporation's Holland America Line fined millions for dumping in Alaskan waters)(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- September 18, 1999
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Trash overboard
SEATTLE
AH, THE wonders of a cruise round south-east Alaska! Soaring granite peaks, steep-walled fjords where humpback whales leap, jade-green forests of spruce and cedar and hemlock!
Alas, there is also a darker side. More than a few of the cruise ships- -which often carry 1,000 passengers or more--leave sordid calling-cards behind them. Two of the lines, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and Carnival Corporation's Holland America Line, have recently been fined millions of dollars for dumping untreated bilge water, oil and other waste into Alaskan waters.
Royal Caribbean took the biggest hit: the company was fined $6.5m by ...