According to security intelligence firm Vanguard Tech, the IRGC radioed one of the cruise ships and stated “we are carrying out operation, we will fire and destroy you,” as reported by France24.
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On Saturday morning, Iran announced that the Strait of Hormuz was closed and two gunboats from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) later opened fire on a tanker. Despite the closure and attack, the Mein Schiff 4, Mein Schiff 5, and MSC Euribia decided to continue sailing.
Mein Schiff 4 came under fire as it fled the Persian Gulf alongside Mein Schiff 5 & MSC Euribia on April 18. 3 ships were sailing in a convoy off the coast of Oman when one of the captains reported a “splash” near Mein Schiff 4, as reported by United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO).
This is worth watching. He's a MAGA merchant mariner/shipping expert reporting the details of today's activities in the SoH while trying his best to ignore the madman's batshit crazy insanity.
youtu.be/hcUgIXRHLbM?...
Photo - "Norwegian Aura Floated Out." The photo shows a large crowd of people on a dock which is across the stern of the ship, on a sunny day. They are miniature in comparison to the massive ship. The ship's superstructure is complete, but not yet fitted out with windows and refinements, which will be completed at another location.
Cruise ships keep getting bigger, and bigger.
No matter climate change, and the non-necessity of cruise travel. It is wholly discretionary travel.
Photo & article are about Norwegian Cruise lines biggest ship yet. Note the scale, people vs. ship.
Article: cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/...
Ugly..
Many will say where personal responsibility? I say #cruise lines are considered to be a person under the law & have a clear duty to exercise "reasonable care for the safety of passengers “in both overserving the plaintiff and failing to protect her from her (albeit self-imposed) disability.“
Worse than I imagined! Timothy Hudson, 16 year old stepbrother of Anna Kepner, has been formally indicted as adult by federal grand jury on charges of first-degree murder & aggravated sexual abuse in connection with Anna’s death aboard Carnival Horizon #cruise.
Federal agents boarded the Celebrity Beyond #cruise ship & found 90 minutes on a secret pen camera video showing passengers, including at least one child, using the bathroom. A man was also last week arrested on video voyeurism charges for recording a 15-year-old in a cabin bathroom.
Documenting their stack emissions at the dock...
Harm to port community residents.
Harm to the climate, for discretionary travel.
The cruise industry's motive is grow, grow, grow (which it is doing successfully) — despite these harms, among others.
No scruples.
The issue arises in McNealy’s case why Carnival didn’t locate his criminal record for sexual battery in 2018 during the pre-#cruise security screening and block him from boarding.
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Federal authorities at PortMiami said they opened McNealy’s Telegram application on his phone and found “at least 50” illicit videos, including those that show “prepubescent” boys and girls being raped and abused by adults. #cruise Carnival Conquest #cruise.
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This recent sexual assault will not be included in DOT quarterly #cruise crime data. The Cruise Vessel Security & Safety Act requires cruise lines to report crimes only when assailant or victim are US citizens. Given that most crew members are non-US citizens, crew on crew rapes are not reported.
This recent sexual assault will not be included in DOT quarterly #cruise crime data. The Cruise Vessel Security & Safety Act requires cruise lines to report crimes only when assailant or victim are US citizens. Given that most crew members are non-US citizens, crew on crew rapes are not reported.
Alaska officials say they repeatedly asked Carnival for discharge records and, in some cases, direct samples. Carnival refused.
via @cruiselaw.bsky.social
#cruiseships #Alaska #Seattle #CLIA #Carnival
#PugetSoundStudy #banscrubbers
It's a law journal article, and here is a snippet of the beginning of its call to action, in the concluding section.
The actual article is downloadable here: drive.google.com/file/d/1f6Ra... (with no AI illustration!).
"Voyage of Injustice: The Socioeconomic Exploitation in the #Cruise Industry" is comprehensive in scope, extensively researched & documented, and very well written. Here's the article:
drive.google.com/file/d/1f6Ra...
This weekend, I read an article titled "Voyage of Injustice: The Socioeconomic Exploitation in the Cruise Industry" written by a lawyer in Canada, Tarissa Peterson, who used to work on #cruise ships for many years.
www.transnat.org/post/voyage-...
These "influencers" more so are enablers/marketers for the unrestrained high-growth, high-climate-harms cruise industry.
This sector of the "abundance" economy increasingly overwhelms small port towns and adds a boost to climate change acceleration.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Requiring lower ship speeds will avoid some of shipping's and cruising's CO2 emissions and reduce a bit of fossil fuel production ...
... as well as helping avoid whale strikes.
WA state failed to pass a bill (similar to one California has passed) to required ships to use low-sulfur fuel.
@seattlecruisecntrl.bsky.social & others are holding a protest at Seattle's Pier 66 cruise terminal: April 15, 11am to 1pm.
www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
It happened again. For 3rd time in the last 2 years, an adult passenger exposed himself to teenagers in a #cruise ship sauna on a Royal Caribbean-owned ship.
The pervert is a teacher or assistant principal who exposed himself to 2 teenagers, some were girls.
www.cruiselawnews.com/2026/03/arti...
Regulation, when needed as here, will do what taxing does not do so well.
Great news! The Terra Ceia preserve and submerged lands in Tampa Bay FL are safe from dredging, for the moment! #cruise #pollution
A bill passed unanimously in Florida (yet to be signed by the governor), creates an obstacle for substantial dredging that would be needed for a new port for mega cruise ships.
Strong public opposition aimed to protect one of the state's most pristine areas.
www.cruisehive.com/new-legislat...
A cruise ship in the Portland harbor with black smoke billowing out of its exhaust as it dwarfs nearby homes on Munjoy Hill.
"How are leaders, residents and city staff supposed to make informed decisions without a complete, holistic analysis of the facts? It's critical that we go where ever the numbers lead us, if we want to understand the reality of cruise tourism."
t.e2ma.net/message/q03d...
#Portland #cruiseships
Carnival Cruise Line prohibits the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) to board the Carnival Adventure. #cruise
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Union officials said they wanted to speak with crew members amid ongoing allegations about poor working conditions.
Why would you pay $170,000,000 to a convicted child predator and go to his mansion and private island?
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For a decade, Leon Black quietly built one of the largest #cruise lines in world. As CEO of Apollo Global Management he created Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings into the three brand cruise giant it is today. He also was secretly paying Jeffrey #Epstein $170 million
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