Cruise ships are truly massive. One of these Cruise liners can carry over 3000 tourists. They therefore carry and produce phenomenal amounts of waste and then what do they do with it?

Well many of them do dispose of their waste when they get back to port, sensibly and cleanly. It goes without saying that some of these cruise liners believe they can get away with dumping this waste in the ocean. They simply cannot contain all of the waste in the cruise ship and are forced to release it into the open water. This dumping is unacceptable if we want to keep the oceans in clean areas like the Caribbean clean. About five years ago they generated around 30,000 gallons of sewage per day. However today there isn’t a study out that shows us what the output of these ships is.

However this isnt the main problem. It is difficult to say what the worst problem is that these cruise liners produce, bu they create a massive amount or air pollution. The Engines that these beast like machines use, create immense amounts of pollution damaging everything around them. Over a 10 year period from 1991 to 2001 the amount of cruises bought just in the UK rose from 193,000 to 776,000. These numbers will continue to rise, there will be no telling how many people go on a cruise in twenty years time. St Lucia holidays have become very popular, the St Lucian government has even banned some cruise liners from entering its waters.

One thing is for sure though, either we find a new way to power these Cruise ships or we are going to have to forget about them altogether. If youre thinking of going on Barbados holidays or having weddings abroad, then think quickly before the Caribbean is just another victim of pollution. How long will it be before we cant visit the Caribbean just because it has been so badly damaged.