On Wednesday, a federal judge decided to get Carnival Corp.‘s attention. U.S. District Judge Patricia Seitz said she is considering temporarily blocking the largest cruise corporation in the world from docking its ships at ports in the United States as punishment for a possible probation violation. A final decision will come in a hearing in June. The Miami Herald reports that Judge Seitz wants company chairman Micky Arison and president Donald Arnold to attend that hearing.
“The people at the top are treating this as a gnat,” Judge Seitz said. “If I could, I would give all the members of the executive committee a visit to the detention center for a couple of days. It’s amazing how that helps people come to focus on reality.”
Carnival Corp. operates over 100 cruise ships across 10 cruise line brands. Since December 2016, Carnival has been on probation as part of a $40 million settlement for illegally dumping oil into the ocean from its Princess Cruises ships for at least eight years and lying about the scheme.
The five-year probation began in April 2017 and requires a third-party auditor to inspect ships belonging to Carnival and its subsidiaries. Despite this, prosecutors say ships have dumped grey water into Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park, prepared ships in advance of court-ordered audits to avoid unfavorable findings, falsified records and dumped plastic garbage into the ocean.
Throw the book at em – preferably some really big books like Bowditch.
“Carnival Corp. operates over 100 cruise ships across 10 cruise line brands. Since December 2106, Carnival has been on probation as part of a $40 million”
Wow, only 19 years ago we went to the year 2000. Now its 2100! Time to check my stocks.
Grin, nice date there Rick. Perhaps you meant 2016?
Oh the joys of being human.
Thanks for the catch. Fixed it.
Greg: Throw the book at em – preferably some really big books like Bowditch.
At about 8″X11″x2″ the Bowditch would fit nicely long-wise into a RML 8-inch Mark III, arguably the most refined of muzzle-loading naval guns. Presumably the gun would handle multiple copies. Raking, rippling delivery of 200-300 Bowditch would surely capture attention.
But come to think of it, maybe something earlier and more primitive w/smooth bore would be better. Rifling might produce only confetti, a Carnival atmosphere.