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James (Jim) Walker @cruiselaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#Cruise lines like Carnival which refuses to install automatic man overboard systems on its fleet of cruise ships, do not reimburse federal agencies any potion of any such costs related to conducting searches for overboard persons.

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US coast guard suspends search for man who reportedly jumped off cruise ship

Agency says it scoured 1,707 sq miles between California and Mexico with no sighting of Tom Gigler

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James (Jim) Walker @cruiselaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The US Coast Guard announced that it suspended its search efforts for the guest from Carnival Panorama, after it "scoured 1,707 square miles of water for roughly 41 hours." FOIA requests in similar cases indicate that Coast Guard cutters & helicopters cost taxpayers around $1,000,000 in fuel.

theguardian.com

US coast guard suspends search for man who reportedly jumped off cruise ship

Agency says it scoured 1,707 sq miles between California and Mexico with no sighting of Tom Gigler

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Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Folly of the Seas by political cartoonist Tjeerd Royaards, an award-winning Dutch editorial cartoonist for the newspaper Trouw. H/T @cruiselaw.bsky.social Thank you for discovering Jim!

A cartoon drawing:

Folly of the Seas
via @tjeerdroyaards, political cartoonist for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Norwegian Joy, operated by Norwegian Cruise Line.

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Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

PM2.5 measured today with this floating city in port.

A measurement of PM2.5 at the Port today.

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Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A Norwegian cruise ship in Portland today with massive billowing exhaust. Air pollution Water pollution Noise pollution And the passengers? Returning to their all-inclusive resort, empty handed. We could see PM2.5 spike on the public dashboard. #cruiseships #Portland #MEpolitics #Maine

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Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 17/09/2026

A fin whale was found dead on the bow of a cruise ship in Sitka on Thursday, the second time this summer that one of the endangered whales has met such a fate coming into an Alaska port. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

adn.com

Dead fin whale found on cruise ship’s bow in Sitka

The endangered whale was discovered coming into Sitka Harbor on Thursday, local reports say.

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Tjeerd Royaards @tjeerdroyaards.com · 19/08/2026

Solution. English version of last week's cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw. #ClimateCrisis #greed #profit

Cartoon showing a giant, ringing, old-fashioned alarm clock in a dry, desolate landscape. The clock has skull-shaped bells and the label 'Climate Alarm'. The clock is partially hidden behind a wall displaying advertisements promoting SUVs, cruises, and air travel. People walk by, ignoring the ringing clock because they are all wearing headphones. These are available at a booth with a large sign reading 'FREE Noise Cancelling Headphones - Offered by: TATA Steel, Chevron, KLM, and Shell'

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Tjeerd Royaards @tjeerdroyaards.com · 21/06/2025

Massive cruise ships, massive environmental impact. Cartoon from last year. #cruise #masstourism #environment

Cartoon showing the earth as Atlas. Instead of Atlas carrying the earth on its shoulders, the earth is carrying a giant cruise ship with the name 'Folly of the Seas' on its back. On the cruise ship, people are swimming in pools and going down the many water slides, while an enormous smoke stack is spewing forth big black clouds of smoke.

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James (Jim) Walker @cruiselaw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

CBP recently deported at least 15 crew members from 2 #cruise ships in Boston incl. Norwegian Escape & Viking Mars. 14 of 15 are from Philippines. Only 1 of 68 abducted crew members over 4 months imprisoned for prosecution in U.S., others quickly deported w/o speaking to lawyer or family members.

cruiselawnews.com

15 Crew Members From Viking Mars and Norwegian Escape Deported From Port of Boston

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently deported at least fifteen non-U.S. crew members from two cruise ships in Boston. CBP agents abducted

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Robynne Limoges @robynne-limoges.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The SEC MUST investigate and prosecute this felon.

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James (Jim) Walker @cruiselaw.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

From the popular "Cruisetricks" by @franzneumeier.bsky.social "A lawsuit filed by former NCLH CEO Frank Del Rio is both amusing and infuriating the industry." Jim Walker, a lawyer known in the #cruise industry for his aggressively critical stance, describes the the lawsuit as a "freak show."

cruisetricks.de

Skurrile Klage von Frank Del Rio gegen Ex-Arbeitgeber NCLH

Eine Klage des früheren Präsidenten und CEO der Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Frank Del Rio erheitert und erzürnt die Branche gerade gleichermaßen. Del

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James (Jim) Walker @cruiselaw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Uber-wealthy, arrogant, corrupt #cruise CEO wanted more $$ as part of an illegal scheme that he kept secret from investors & stockholders in violation of federal law. He was lucky not to be sanctioned by the court. The SEC should investigate and prosecute him!

cruiselawnews.com

Court Dismisses Del Rio's Lawsuit Against NCLH for Additional Compensation

The highest paid executive in cruise industry history has been denied additional compensation by the 11th Judicial Circuit Court in Miami. Frank Del Rio

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James (Jim) Walker @cruiselaw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Daily gratuity fees increase, which the #cruise lines say "gets divvied up among the crew." Passengers question whether the money actually goes to hard working crew members or used to offset operational costs. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/t...

nytimes.com

Why Cruise Line Are Hiking Certain Fees

Some major lines are increasing gratuities and deposit requirements, and charging more for certain packages. It’s all adding up.

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James (Jim) Walker @cruiselaw.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Carnival Valor nearly collides with cargo ship on Mississippi River facebook.com/reel/1391329... (video credit to Michael Bell) Why wasn't captain (always stays in ultimate command of vessel), bridge officers or the pilot paying attention to the radars, thermal imaging and night-vision cameras ?

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Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Did you know that in Portland Maine you can tell the city exactly what you think of cruise ships? Use the category “other” ⚓️ seeclickfix.com/portland_2 #cruiseships #Portland #Maine #banscrubbers

A complaint ticket from a resident of Portland Maine about cruise ships with a photograph of a large cruise ship in port with several yachts in the foreground.
It says:
We can invite tourists, but without the unnecessary, preventable air and water pollution, can't we? By taking a stand for the health of our treasured home, we can make it possible for our environment to be as pristine as these cruise tourists are led to believe it is. Many would care that the vessel they are docking at our port is damaging all that they come to visit. Portland Cruise Control's proposed Scrubber Wash Ban

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RadReduction (Larry Edwards) @radreduction.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

An additional question is, why has Lindblad / Nat'l Geo not issued it's own no-sail order for its ship — why wait for the CDC to do so? It seems to me that by continuing to sail, the company is—on successive voyages—endangering its customers and residents of homeport and port-of-call communities.

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Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

How can we trust the CDC when they continue to allow this plague ship to sail? #noroviris #cruiseships

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Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Notice it is Cruise Ships and Entertainment. It is not Cruise Ships and Transportation. Cruise ships are entertainment, massively polluting, floating resorts, that kill whales with impunity. #cruiseships

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RadReduction (Larry Edwards) @radreduction.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

“To this day, Antarctica … stays in the forefront of my head as the most incredibly raw environment that deserves all the care and protection. And I just think tourism and us being there was doing the opposite of that completely.” Cruise companies, wise up! theconversation.com/i-cant-work-...

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‘I can’t work in the farce of climate change cruise tourism anymore’: why Antarctic guides quit their dream jobs

The moral struggles of guiding tourists through a pristine landscape.

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Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Tell Cruise Ships: Slow Down, Save Whales This tragic, avoidable incident must be a wake-up call to the cruise industry, which must take immediate steps to stop its ships from hitting more whales. Tell Royal Caribbean to slow its ships down so no more of these gentle giants are injured or killed.

act.biologicaldiversity.org

Tell Cruise Ships: Slow Down, Save Whales

In June a Royal Caribbean cruise ship arrived at port in Seward, Alaska, with a pregnant fin whale draped dead across its bow. Tell the company to slow its ships down so no more whales are hurt.

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RadReduction (Larry Edwards) @radreduction.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

CBC's July 1 press release cites a study which "determined that the probability of a strike event [being fatal] is 20% at 9 knots, 50% at 11.8 knots, 80% at 15.3 knots, and nearly 100%…above 15.3 knots." Ovation of the Seas ran at over 15 kts from Skagway to Seward except near one glacier.

This is a map showing Ovation of the Seas course and speeds on its June 17 to 19, 2026 run from Skagway, Alaska through Icy Strait (and past the mouth of Glacier Bay) and up the outer coast to a Glacier visit near the village of Yakutat (Russel Fiord), and on along the top of the Gulf of Alaska and into Resolute Bay and, there, the cruise terminal at the city of Seward. The map's legend has speed categories of less than 10 knots (blue line), 10 to 12 knots (yellow line), 12 to 15 knots (orange line), and more than 15 knots (red line).

The Center for Biological Diversity, which authored the map, measured the ship's speed from the ships own internet-reported AIS transponder data, which is available online.

The Ovation of the Seas traveled at greater than 15 knots (red lines) for this entire voyage, except for a very short distance at the glacier (short blue line).

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James (Jim) Walker @cruiselaw.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The bow of 1,140 Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas #cruise ship (168,666 gross tonnage) sailing around 22 knots versus a 61 foot pregnant fin whale. The initial examination revealed the whale was “freshly dead, and in good nutritional condition,” with plenty of blubber and muscle.

cruiselawnews.com

Pregnant Fin Whale Found Dead on Bow of Royal Caribbean Ship in Alaska

A dead pregnant fin whale was found on the bow of Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas in Seward, Alaska, renewing calls for cruise ships to slow down in whale habitat.

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James (Jim) Walker @cruiselaw.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Royal Caribbean permitted 2 crew members who raped a 15 year-old girl on the Rhapsody of the Seas to leave the #cruise ship after the crime. Royal Caribbean permitted galley employee Elias Luis Herrera to leave the ship in Cozumel; he then "jumped ship" & avoided extradition for 20 plus years.

cruiselawnews.com

Royal Caribbean Crew Member Admits to Raping Minor Girl on Rhapsody of the Seas 23 Years Ago

A Honduran man, previously employed by Royal Caribbean Cruises on the Rhapsody of the Seas, pled guilty last week to sexually assaulting a 15 year-old

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Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 22/06/2026

A cruise ship arrived in Seward on Friday with a dead endangered fin whale on its bow, NOAA Fisheries said. The carcass of the adult female whale — which was pregnant, based on initial findings — was towed to an area beach for a necropsy. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

adn.com

Cruise ship arrives in Seward with dead endangered fin whale on its bow

The carcass of the 61-foot, adult female fin whale — which was pregnant, based on initial findings — was towed to an area beach for a necropsy, NOAA Fisheries said.

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James (Jim) Walker @cruiselaw.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

A passenger aboard Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas was arrested by Broward County Sheriff’s Office detectives for taking photographs under a 13-year-old girl’s dress while the #cruise ship was at sea. Matthew Stilwell, 25, of Pawnee, Illinois, faces 3 counts of video voyeurism.

cruiselawnews.com

Allure of the Seas Passenger Arrested on Voyeurism Charges After Taking "Upskirt" Photographs of Teen

A passenger aboard Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas was arrested on voyeurism charges after detectives said he tried to photograph under a 13-year-old girl’s dress in a shipboard gift shop.

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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Pollution and garbage. That’s what they get in return.

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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

That’s what they do. Any business they can do themselves they take away. In Alaska they bought their own trains, gift shops, hotels, buses, tours. The locals are left with their garbage and pollution. It’s a disgusting business.

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Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Mahahual Pays the Price as Cruise Ships Bring Pollution, Crowds and Little Local Gain “…a test case for what happens when cruise growth keeps accelerating while the towns beneath it continue to ask what, exactly, they are getting in return.” via @cruiselaw.bsky.social #cruiseships #cruisetourism

cruiselawnews.com

Mahahual Pays the Price as Cruise Ships Bring Pollution, Crowds and Little Local Gain

Mahahual has become a test case in Mexico’s cruise economy, with residents and researchers arguing that the town bears the environmental and infrastructure costs of cruise tourism while seeing little ...

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James (Jim) Walker @cruiselaw.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Cruise ships have turned Mahahual into a busy port, but residents say the boom delivered far less than promised. As #cruise traffic grows, the town is left to absorb environmental damage, infrastructure strain & economic leakage that come with a model designed to keep profits, per El Pais newspaper.

cruiselawnews.com

Mahahual Pays the Price as Cruise Ships Bring Pollution, Crowds and Little Local Gain

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Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The CDC has protocols for cruise ship passenger safety. The cruise lines have protocols for sick passengers. Who communicates disease prevention to the people in the port community? Portland will have the first protocols rooted in community protection from cruise ship outbreaks. #norovirus

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Seattle Cruise Control @seattlecruisecntrl.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Denmark introduces passenger tax on cruise ships and private jets. Mayor of Copenhagen welcomes the tax, stating that cruise tourists wear down the city more than they contribute. City climate official wants to go further, calling cruise tourism unsustainable.

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Lord Mayor cheers prospect of cruise tourist tax - Ritzau - Danish News in English powered by The Copenhagen Post

Copenhagen’s Lord Mayor, Sisse Marie Welling (SF), welcomes the new government’s plans to introduce a passenger tax on cruise ships, stating that these

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Seattle Cruise Control @seattlecruisecntrl.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Thanks to @andyengelson.bsky.social for providing a non-greenwashed look at Seattle's cruise industry!

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James (Jim) Walker @cruiselaw.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

cruisetricks.de

Skurrile Klage von Frank Del Rio gegen Ex-Arbeitgeber NCLH

Eine Klage des früheren Präsidenten und CEO der Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Frank Del Rio erheitert und erzürnt die Branche gerade gleichermaßen. Del

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Franz Neumeier @franzneumeier.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Eine Klage von Frank Del Rio, ex Präsidenten und CEO von NCLH, erheitert und erzürnt zugleich die Branche: Er verlangt acht Millionen Dollar Honorar für Beratungsleistungen, die er nie erbracht hat. Aber der Fall www.cruisetricks.de/skurrile-klage-…

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James (Jim) Walker @cruiselaw.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Is it really worth the risk of a SEC investigation by coming up with a theory that he secretly agreed to additional compensation & conspired with the directors to kept the shareholders in the dark in the hopes of collecting another $8,000,000? Why isn't the SEC conducting an investigation?

cruiselawnews.com

Frank Del Rio, the Greediest Cruise Executive in the Cruise Industry's History, Sues for More Money

Seatrade Cruise News reports that Frank Del Rio, former president and CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH), is suing NCLH and four past

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James (Jim) Walker @cruiselaw.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Del Rio’s latest money-grab is best understood considering that he is by far the highest paid CEO of a #cruise company in the history of the cruise industry after collecting over $175,000.000 from January 1, 2015 to June 30, 2023.

cruiselawnews.com

Frank Del Rio, the Greediest Cruise Executive in the Cruise Industry's History, Sues for More Money

Seatrade Cruise News reports that Frank Del Rio, former president and CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH), is suing NCLH and four past

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Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Zuiderdam in Portland today, spewing NOx and SOx all over our waterfront & into residential neighborhoods. And we haven’t even mentioned the millions of gallons of toxic scrubber wash being dumped in Casco Bay. #Portland #Maine #CascoBay #banscrubbers #MEpolitics #cruiseships #climatecrisis

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James (Jim) Walker @cruiselaw.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

This is not the first cyberattack linked to Carnival-owned cruise lines. In 2020, Cruise Law News (CLN) reported on a cyberattack affecting AIDA and raising questions about whether Costa ships were also affected. www.cruiselawnews.com/2026/06/arti...

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Hackers Breach Carnival, Exposing Data of Nearly 6 Million Customers

Hackers breached Carnival Corporation’s systems in April and exposed personal data tied to nearly 6 million people, including passport and driver’s license information in some cases.

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