Cruise ships are truly massive. They have a huge amount of staff and hold many tourists. There isn’t enough room aboard the Cruise ship for them to hold it there, so at some point they need to get rid of it?
Well many of them do dispose of their waste when they get back to port, sensibly and cleanly. It goes without saying that some of these cruise liners believe they can get away with dumping this waste in the ocean. All of the waste being produced by these monsters are too much for them to hold, they now have to dump it in the ocean. 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. It is difficult for us to say what the output of these ships is exactly, mainly because a new study has not been carried out.
However this isn’t the main problem. The biggest issue is the air pollution that these cruise liners create. They all have high burning Diesel Engines; all of them create massive amounts of deadly toxins that float up into the atmosphere. When a study was performed over ten years from 1991 to 2001 it showed that the British alone purchased 400 percent more cruises at the end of the 10 year period. These numbers will continue to rise, there will be no telling how many people go on a cruise in twenty years time. 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. How long will it be before we cant visit the Caribbean just because it has been so badly damaged.