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Article: CLEARING THE AIR.(environmentally-minded changes to design and management of cruise ships)(Brief Article)
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- Cruise Travel
- Article date:
- October 1, 2001
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2001 World Publishing, Co. (Illinois). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Necessity is the mother of invention they say. Just ask the cruise lines, which have come under fire for the waste they discharge into the sea and the emissions they expel into the air.
As a result, the lines have put their heads and wallets together to come up with some ingenious solutions to their problems. Working with manufacturers here and abroad, they have introduced a new wave of ships that are cleaner running than ever before.
Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Princess Cruises have been in the vanguard of this eco-cruise movement. Carnival, for example, has spent millions of dollars ...