Thank you @colinwoodard.bsky.social for asking the essential questions 18 years ago to which we are still trying to get the answers!

@portcruisecontrol.bsky.social is determined to continue your legacy.

@pinetreeactivism.org
#MEpolitics #PortlandME #cruiseships #CascoBay #Maine

A huge white cruise ship squeezes through the Tower Bridge in London. Photo credit: press association

Cruise Ships in the heart of London

How much history does it take to make a difference to the future?

@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
From the author to you!

the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2025/11/how-...
#London #Cruiseships

Do Cruise Ships Still Use a Steering Wheel? Discover how modern cruise ships are really steered, why the classic wooden wheel is long gone, and how today’s high‑tech helm systems work at sea.

Do Cruise Ships Still Use a Steering Wheel? www.cruisehive.com/steering-whe... #cruise #cruises #cruiseships

Maine is actively pursuing an increase in cruise tourism without any calculations of air emissions, marine pollution, quantitative public health harm, or a cost-benefit analysis.

How can we have climate goals without factoring in the worst form of tourism?

#MEpolitics #Maine #cruiseships

Aerial view of a large cruise ship sailing through open sea, leaving a curved white wake behind it. Overlaid text reads: “Cruise Growth Without Environmental Harm?” followed by a quote asking how the government will ensure the UK Cruise Growth Plan does not increase air pollution, harm public health in port cities, damage seas, or worsen the climate crisis. A small circular photo of a woman appears in the lower left, alongside the label “Written Parliament Question.” The Green Party logo and attribution text are displayed at the bottom.

We cannot allow cruise industry growth to come at the cost of polluted air, damaged seas and a worsening climate crisis.

The government must guarantee that the UK Cruise Growth Plan protects people’s health and our environment.

#Cruiseships #ClimateAction

The approaching invasion.
#cruiseships #7milebeach #grandcayman #outdoorphotography #photography

With over 30 Carnival cruise ship port calls this season, how can we trust what is being discharged in Casco Bay & if the self-reported violations are even honest?

#PortlandME #MEpolitics #Maine #cruiseships #Portland #Banscrubbers #CascoBay
@pinetreeactivism.org

Black chunks in green scrubber wash water in September, 2025 from a Carnival cruise ship in Alaska.

“This is not just a one-off,” said Anna Barford with @stand.earth
“This is a group [of cruise lines] led by a multi-time federal felon for discharging illegally, falsifying records and doing things like illegally preparing for inspections.”

alaskapublic.org/news/alaska-...
#cruiseships

For months, Carnival Corp. has withheld water pollution data from Alaska regulators The dispute centers around a technology used on some Carnival ships called open-loop scrubbers. They’re known for reducing air pollution by converting it into water pollution.

Carnival corporation has been withholding data of pollution violations in Alaska.

What are they illegally dumping in Maine waters?

Carnival ships will make over 30 port calls to Portland in the 2026 season.

alaskapublic.org/news/alaska-...

#PortlandME #cruiseships #Banscrubbers #CruiseMaine

Sustainability & Transportation Committee meets 4/8 at 5pm on zoom

Committee review: Adjusting Tariff 11 to incentivize cruise ships to use of low-sulphur fuel in port. No public comment taken.

portlandmaine-gov.zoom.us/j/8403771411...
#cruiseships #MEpolitics #Portland
@pinetreeactivism.org

Carnival Withholds Scrubber Pollution Data From Alaska Regulators Carnival Corporation and five affiliated cruise brands withheld scrubber-discharge data from Alaska regulators for months, raising fresh questions about transparency from a company with a long polluti...

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

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

Links to GOING ON AN OCEAN CRUISE GOING ON A CRUISE Why People Are Moving Onto Cruise Ships Instead of Renting Apartments ^ How People Live On Cruise Ships - Without Going Br...

#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...

Whistleblower’s firing sparks investigation into Great Stirrup Cay environmental hazards claim THE government has launched an investigation into allegations of environmental hazards and retaliatory dismissal at Great Stirrup Cay following a former employee's concerns about safety practices and ...

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 travelers need to know. Read more →

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

Portland Climate Dispatch: Portland Cruise Control Lobbies for Full Scrubber Wash Ban & More Welcome to our monthly climate solutions newsletter

“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

Portland Climate Dispatch: Portland Cruise Control Lobbies for Full Scrubber Wash Ban & More Welcome to our monthly climate solutions newsletter

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

Portland Climate Dispatch: Portland Cruise Control Lobbies for Full Scrubber Wash Ban & More Welcome to our monthly climate solutions newsletter

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. Here’s How This Keeps Happening. Cruise ships may be affordable and accessible, but the trade-off is spending your vacation on a giant floating petri dish of disease.

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

Cascadia today: ICE can tear gas Portland + WA fails to limit cruise pollution + Indigenous name for Portland park Court halts limits on ICE using tear gas on Portland OPB reports that the Ninth Circuit court of appeals has paused a court order that prevented ICE from using tear gas and other crowd control muniti...

@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