Cruise Bruise Blog
January 4, 2009
January 4, 2009
Cruise Ship Discharges Far From Desirable

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a final report on cruise ship pollution in U.S. waters. The report finds that cruise ships routinely dump massive amounts of poorly treated sewage and highly contaminated graywater into harbors and coastal waters.

"This report shows cruise ship dumping is out of control and will only get worse as more and larger ships carry more passengers to pristine areas," said Marcie Keever, Clean Vessels Campaign Director at Friends of the Earth. "This report provides the final evidence Congress needs to place strong limits on cruise ship dumping in order to protect our coasts, beaches, shellfish beds, marine ecosystems, and marine sanctuaries."

The EPA report is here

January 4, 2009
Girl Age 14 Gets Air Lift Off Voyager Of The Seas
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) medevaced a 14-year-old girl off the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines' cruise ship Voyager of the Seas, 200-miles southeast of Galveston, Texas.

The USCG got the call around  1250 hours from a crew member aboard the cruise ship reporting a passenger had fainted and was in-need of medical attention.

The USCG launched an Air Station Houston MH-65 rescue helicopter crew and an Air Station Corpus Christi Falcon jet crew to assist with the medevac.

The MH-65 rescue helicopter crew safely medevaced the passenger to Memorial Hermann in Houston where her condition is unknown.