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Cruise Ships are destroying the Oceans!

The size of cruise ships is phenomenal~The size of cruise ships is phenomenal}. These ships can hold many tourists and have a wide array of staff. But what do they then do with all of that waste they have generated?

 

Well many of them do dispose of their waste when they get back to port, sensibly and cleanly. There have been a few incidents where the Cruise ship has dumped it’s waste in the ocean. They simply cannot contain all of the waste in the cruise ship and are forced to release it into the open water. This “dumping” is unacceptable if we want to keep the oceans in clean areas like the Caribbean clean. About five years ago they generated around 30,000 gallons of sewage per day. There is not another new study to show the increase of this today.

 

However this isn’t the main problem. However the sewage isn’t the biggest problem, it is all the pollution that they create. The Engines that these beast like machines use, create immense amounts of pollution damaging everything around them. Over a 10 year period from 1991 to 2001 the amount of cruises bought just in the UK rose from 193,000 to 776,000. These figures show that the amount of cruises each year will continue to rise. St Lucia holidays have become very popular, the St Lucian government has even banned some cruise liners from entering its waters.

 

One thing is for sure though, either we find a new way to power these Cruise ships or we are going to have to forget about them altogether. If you’re thinking of going on Barbados holidays or having weddings abroad, then think quickly before the Caribbean is just another victim of pollution. Soon some of these wonderful places will be so damaged that we wont want to or be able to visit them.

 

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