Nothing survives a blast through a scrubber. The cruise ships use live sea water teaming with microorganisms, zooplankton, copepods, even fish & lobster larvae, all of it killed in an acid rain bath.
#banscrubbers #cruiseships
How Cruise Ships (Legally) Dump Toxic Waste Into the Ocean
@junolocal.bsky.social of @seacc.bsky.social
talking scrubbers with Kay Brown of @pacenvironment.bsky.social
#cruiseships #banscrubbers
youtu.be/gVjKZV4sbCw
It is National Public Health Week ~ a good week to implement new infectious diseases protocols for when cruise ships arrive with norovirus outbreaks, wouldn’t you say?
#NPHW
#Portland
#Maine
#CruiseShips
#norovirus
#ocean #cruises Links to GOING ON AN OCEAN CRUISE #vacations #going_on_a_cruise #cruiseships #living_on_a_cruise_ship
tom-gillispie.blogspot.com/2024/05/crui...
Cruise lines doing illegal things?
Is anyone surprised?
www.tribune242.com/news/2026/ap...
#Cruiseships #NorwegianCruiseLines #Bahamas #greatstirrupCay
The evidence is clear: Seattle's cruise ship fleet is bad for the environment in many ways. Tell the Port of Seattle to place strict limits on these behemoths by attending a protest on the Seattle waterfront at 11 am Wed. April 15
with @seattlecruisecntrl.bsky.social
#Seattle #cruiseships
This photo gives you a perspective of how big cruise ships are parked at the several different stations at the port of Barcelona. #cruiseships #portofbarcelona #photography
In both cases, Goodenough asked to review the ship’s scrubber data to see if something was wrong. Twice, staff denied her request – but told her everything was working as it should.
“The inspector was not permitted to review the compliance data to verify that there were no exceedances,”
#cruiseships
Hawaii's Cruise Ship Green Fee Is Stuck in Court. Here's What That Means for Your Trip.: Hawaii's 11% climate tax on cruise ship passengers is blocked by a federal court. The state may pivot to a $10 per-passenger fee instead. What… #Hawaii #CruiseTravel #ClimateTax #TravelNews #CruiseShips
We have no idea what is happening in Maine. Researching the self-reported violations now but will it tell the entire story? Probably not.
#banscrubbers #Portland #MEpolitics #Maine #cruiseships
“According to @maineusa.bsky.social of Portland Cruise Control, Portland has an opportunity to spearhead infectious disease alerts. Just like winter’s parking snow ban alerts, there is potential to implement a similar system to warn residents of infectious disease outbreaks on ships.”
#cruiseships
Every port must require that cruise ships burn cleaner fuel to protect residents and the marine environment, including Portland.
#Portland #Maine #cruiseships
#banscrubbers #MEpolitics
A fantastic overview of our work heading into the 2026 Cruise Ship season in Portland, Maine.
Holding the industry & city accountable!
#Portland #Maine #cruiseships
PCC argues that Portland residents pay the short and long-term price in adverse effects to health and environment and the city must make immediate changes to protect our residents and harbor.
#Portland #Maine #cruiseships
#MEpolitics #banscrubbers #cruisemaine
@pinetreeactivism.org
NOROVIRUS TURNS CRUISE SHIP INTO A POOP AND VOMIT WONDERLAND. AGAIN.
Good thing Portland’s Public Health Department is revising our infectious Disease protocols….
The 2026 cruise season starts in 2 weeks!
#norovirus
#Portland #Maine #cruiseships
The current discount plan that will be offered to cruise lines rewards them for using LNG. Arguably a worse fuel than HFO.
#Portland #Maine #cruiseships #MEpolitics #LNG
A vintage black & white etching of 4 men around a table playing cards on the deck of a cruise ship.
Voluntarily and For Pay
“I have felt the full clothy weight of a subtropical sky. I have jumped a dozen times at the shattering, flatulence-of-the-gods-like sound of a cruise ship’s horn.”
David Foster Wallace
harpers.org/archive/2023... via @harpers.bsky.social
#cruiseships #DavidFosterWallace
@seattlecruisecntrl.bsky.social & other groups drawing attention to the environmental disaster of cruise ships will hold a protest at Seattle's Pier 66 cruise terminal at 11 am - 1 pm on Wed. April 15.
via @andyengelson.bsky.social
www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
#Seattle #cruiseships
Finally got the next Virgin Voyages cruise all set, moved the 12 night eclipse cruise to a 4 night Caribbean one. Just dont have the time/money this year for the 12 nighter.
#VirginVoyages #cruise #cruising #cruiseship #cruiseships #cruiseshiptravel #travel
🛳️ #Cruise ship emissions must end. We need to ban these climate-destroying monsters from #MilfordSound Piopiotahi
#Norway, the country this ship is named after, will soon only allow zero-emissions #cruiseships into its fiords. So why should it be allowed to destroy our own precious Fiordland?
Complete Guide to Car Rental Near Tampa Cruise Port. www.cruisehive.com/full-guide-o... #cruise #cruises #cruiseships #tampa
Really like Celebrity Cruises suite class rooms. This video really shows what the rooms are like, this leads to why we like them so much.
#CelebrityCruises #cruise #cruising #cruiseship #cruiseships #cruiseshiptravel #travel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNBb...
The cruise countdown begins for your upcoming cruises! www.cruisehive.com/cruise-count... #cruise #cruises #cruiseships #cruiselines
We need regulation not a wait and see game ~
Don’t experiment with the health of Portland residents & Casco Bay!
There is a time for a laissez-faire
attitude and this is not it.
#banscrubbers #cruiseships #MEpolitics #Portland #Maine
UPDATED: Carnival Cruise Director Schedule for 2026-2027. www.cruisehive.com/carnival-cru... #cruise #cruises #cruiseships #carnivalcruise
Where is the accounting of ecosystem services$$ for the toxins #cruiseships bring to #Maine? @indivisiblepwm.bsky.social #PortlandMaine #Mepolitics
Cruise lines rarely change their behavior, if it will cost them $. Portland needs the conviction to demand the ships use cleaner fuel ~ to protect the health of residents & to protect Casco Bay, the critical region of commercial fishing in Maine.
#MEpolitics #Portland #banscrubbers #cruiseships
A cruise ship billowing black smoke with a russet colored autumn tree in the foreground.
“We wanted to take an incentive approach to see if offering a discount will move the needle at all & ships will burn cleaner fuel while in port. We'll see.”
E. Hipple, port director
Banning toxic scrubber wash in Casco Bay will be a suggestion, not a requirement.
#Portland #Maine #cruiseships
A big update for your Cruise Planner! Some improvements, new features, and integration. Happy Cruising!! www.cruisehive.com/cruise-planner #cruise #cruises #cruiseships #cruiselines #cruisehive
How many gallons of toxic cruise ship scrubber wash needs to dumped into Casco Bay before someone (anybody!) realizes the potential connection to the alarming disappearance of eel grass?
* heavy metals
* PAHs
* increased acidity
#CascoBay #Portland #Maine
#banscrubbers #cruiseships #eelgrass
