Don’t mistake the title of this post to infer “naughty cruise ships” or “filthy cruise ships”, or “saucy cruise ships” although we’re sure that there are those types floating about, as it were. You can imagine / infer what those titles mean (in your spare time.) But, if we step out of the gutter for a moment, the kind of dirty cruise ships that we’re highlighting today are of the behemoth kind.
We are talking about cruise liners, and today’s focus is of more importance (and urgency) than those saucy individuals who do saucy things that they don’t remember whilst on a cruise. And specifically, the topic is how much cruise ships can potentially pollute the environment as they silently cut through the waters in which they live. You might be surprised: those numbers can be huge, especially when you take into consideration how many cruise ships are simultaneously floating around out there.
To be clear here, we’re using the theme that cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing. Unlike ocean liners, which are used for transport, cruise ships typically embark on round-trip voyages to various ports of call, where passengers may go on tours known as “shore excursions”. On “cruises to nowhere” or “nowhere voyages”, some cruise ships make two- to three-night round trips without visiting any ports of call.
Some ships are far, far away beyond the sea, but others stay closer to land, and that’s our focus here. To wit, Norway wants bans ‘dirty’ cruise ships. But when Norway intends to ban some cruises, that’s huge, because Norway makes a tremendous amount of revenue from cruise liners. So, if you cruise or want to cruise, please do your part to keep things tidy, orderly and with your eyes looking to the future of the planet. Finally, if you want to know more about this industry, Wikipedia has a nice overview: Click here for that. Watch the video above to learn more.
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