Dear Forum,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/cruises/news/princess-cruises-fined-for-dumping-oil-waste/Court documents show that a single discharge saw 4,227 gallons of contaminated water dumped around 20 miles off the coast of England on August 2013. The investigation revealed that Caribbean Princess had been discharging oily water illegally since 2005. Similar practices had been taking place on four other Princess ships, it found, including the use of clean ocean water to fool on-board sensors. Cost savings were the motive, said prosecutors, and the ship’s officers and crew helped cover up the wrongdoing.
20 miles off our coast
Do you think that the fine of 32 million is enough but then that is just the tip of the iceberg ( the tip of the iceberg is shrinking ) listening to people who staff these Massive ships ( Jeremy Vine show ) one lady admits that the refuse hold on the ships she was employed on would magically empty overnight in the middle of the ocean.
Another caller ( elderly ) admitted that when he worked on oil tankers, they would regularly flush the oil tanks with sea water, clean the tanks out in the middle of the sea.
Profit before our children's future, it is simple, we either care about the planet we leave our kids or we turn a blind eye and leave them to clean up the mess.
Gonnagle.
