Scrubbers can’t erase…
The South Carolina State Ports Authority announced last week that Carnival is retrofitting many of its cruise ships, including the Charleston-based Fantasy, with scrubbers to reduce air pollution. Wh ...
F for Carnival Fantasy
Friends of the Earth has just released its Cruise Line Report Card for 2013, which can be viewed by clicking here. This year's Report Card compares the environmental footprint of 16 major cruise line ...
Don’t ruin city, letter to the editor 10/5/13
Don’t ruin city I live in Houston, and have made numerous trips to Charleston to be treated time after time to the most pleasant, lovely, historically fascinating, gentle and delightful city in Ameri ...
Protesters dive into Venice canal to block cruise ships
Protesters have leapt into Venice's Giudecca canal to delay a procession of cruise ships, which they say are threatening the city's foundations as they tower over rooftops and drown the city in touris ...
New chance to reduce cruise impacts
The Carnival ship Fantasy, when it is here in its home port, doesn’t just pick up and drop off passengers. It has a significant impact on the environment and the congestion on peninsula Charleston’s s ...
Judge tosses federal permit for $35 million cruise terminal
Judge tosses federal permit for $35 million cruise terminal By BRUCE SMITH Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A judge has tossed out a federal permit for a proposed $35 million cruise termi ...
Back to drawing board for Army Corps after federal judge orders more review in cruise terminal permit
A federal judge has ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to redo its study that approved a permit for a new cruise terminal in downtown Charleston. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Gergel said the fe ...
Anyone Know Where I Can Plug in My Cruise Ship?
Study: On-shore power would dramatically reduce cruise ship emissions ‘Waiter, there’s small particulate soot in my soup’ Posted by Paul Bowers on Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:00 AM Mike Ledford file p ...
New Technology to Reduce Air Emissions Does Not Address All Concerns
Thew new technology to reduce air emissions sounds great in theory, BUT does it address the fact that the Carnival Fantasy would not be one of the ships to which they will add the scrubbers - so looks ...
So, Will Fantasy Be Cleaned Up?
All of this sounds great, in theory.... Does this mean that the City of Charleston and Carnival Cruise Lines are going to take measures to protect our precious city and harbor from its effects? ---- ...