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Carnival Corporation Picked As One of the Top 20 Most Challenged Brands in 2019
The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council, a global network of senior marketing executives, selected Carnival Corporation as one of the “Bruised, Battered and Embattled Brands” in 2019.
According to the advertising publication Campaign, the CMO Council selected 20 companies to be on its “bruised and battered” dis-honor roll. Carnival Corporation joined the likes of other seriously challenged companies such as Juul and Boeing. “Challenged companies” may well be a euphemism. Juul manufactures an inherently dangerous…
Court Appointed Monitor: Carnival Continues to Violate Air Emission Laws
The Court Appointed Monitor (CAM) in the criminal environmental case pending against Carnival Corporation filed a 100 page report this morning which outlines numerous ongoing environmental violations committed by Carnival and several of its brands in the last 90 days.
The CAM stated that Carnival’s violations during this quarter included incidents related to:
Air emissions;
Discharges to the sea, including Advanced Air Quality System washwater, ballast water, black water (sewage), chemicals, food waste, grey water, oil, recreational (e.g.,…
Carnival Elation Discharges Grey Water at Port Canaveral
The Carnival Elation discharged “gray water” while docked at Port Canaveral yesterday morning, according to the Florida Today publication.
Twenty-two metric tons of gray water (over 6,000 gallons) were spilled, according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.
Carnival and the Port Downplay the Pollution
The newspaper suggested that “a valve was inadvertently opened” during ballast operations. Carnival’s PR department released a press statement yesterday afternoon, stating “while Carnival Elation was offloading water from its…
Man Overboard From Norwegian Jewel
A cruise passenger reportedly went overboard from a Norwegian Cruise Line ship, according to several newspapers.
The Norwegian Jewel was on a 12-day Australia-New Zealand cruise when the passenger went overboard near the east coast off the Mahia Peninsula of New Zealand’s North Island.
The man went overboard around 7:00 P.M on Sunday (New Zealand time).
The NCL ship returned to the area where the man is believed to have gone into the water and conducted…
Carnival Glory Strikes Carnival Legend in Cozumel – Almost Hits Oasis of the Seas
The Carnival Glory and the Carnival Legend collided this morning at the port in Cozumel, causing extensive damage to the starboard side of the stern of the Glory.
The Carnival Glory then appeared to come close to striking the moored Oasis of the Seas, according to a passenger who was in port who wishes to remain anonymous. The passenger sent the videos below.
Several other passengers also posted videos of the incident on Twitter, including…
Cruise Passenger Pleads Guilty to Murdering His Girlfriend on Carnival Elation
Volcano on New Zealand’s White Island Erupts During Royal Caribbean Excursion
Disney Cruise Employee Arrested on Charges of Raping 13 Year-Old Girl
A Florida man, who reportedly works on Disney cruise ships for Disney Vacation Club, was arrested last week after a 13 year-old girl told her mother that he raped her dozens of time at his home, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
The Sentinel stated that 53 year-old Keith Seitz reportedly molested the little girl at his home, beginning when she was 10. Starting when she was 11, he reportedly raped her “over 100 times.”…
Cruise and Maritime Voyages’ Vasco da Gama Loses Power Off Coast of Australia
A radio program in Sydney, Australia, the Alan Jones radio show, is reporting that Cruise and Maritime Voyages’ Vasco Da Gama (formerly the P&O Pacific Eden) lost power to its engines in the Gulf of St. Vincent off Adelaide, Australia earlier today.
The radio station 2GB’s Steve Price spoke to passengers onboard, who reportedly said:
Approximately 900 passengers are onboard the stricken ship.
The ship is running on auxiliary power only with minimal or…