Cruise industry gets cleaner, one (big) ship at a time
It used to be that each giant cruise ship entering Portland Harbor would make environmentalists queasy.
While merchants see a payload of pampered tourists, others see floating cities with all the baggage – sewage, trash, industrial wastes and smokestacks. And the industry gave them reason to be concerned, with recurring stories about dumping of waste at sea or even in port.
The arrival of the mega ship Explorer of the Seas this week generated a very different feeling among conservationists. A hopeful one.
“They’re making progress,” said Cathy Ramsdell, executive director of the Friends of Casco Bay.
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