German environmental group Nabu accused the cruise industry of reneging and "having contempt” for customer health and those living near ports, after ships failed to adequately reduce their environmental impact over the past year. In the group’s survey of 63 ships, none made the recommend list and Costa, MSC and Royal Carribbean and Cunard were all “failed”, as some mid-sized diesel ships continue to emit particulate matter equivalent to that of one million cars each day. Promised soot filters on 23 ships were still missing and only Nabu’s Hapag-Lloyd and TUI took steps toward cleaner ships, installing nitrogen oxide catalysts.
German environmental group Nabu accused the cruise industry of reneging and "having contempt” for customer health and those living near ports, after ships failed to adequately reduce their environmental impact over the past year. In the group’s survey of 63 ships, none made the recommend list and Costa, MSC and Royal Carribbean and Cunard were all “failed”, as some mid-sized diesel ships continue to emit particulate matter equivalent to that of one million cars each day. Promised soot filters on 23 ships were still missing and only Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd and TUI took steps toward cleaner ships, installing nitrogen oxide catalysts.