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Cruise Shipping Annual SOLID WASTE

Royal Caribbean Commits To Environmental Endeavors

Today's era of stringent environmental policy marvelates that cruise lines must work to achieve good environmental practice. The marine industry in general, the cruise market in particular, have con- tinually worked to project the image of environmental friend. However through high profile cases of negligence and/or abuse, significant new layers of rules and regulations are entering force to ensure shipping companies are truly committed to protecting the valuable environment within which they opera- tion. Royal Caribbean (RCCL) — fol- lowing a year in which it was levied record fines of $18 million for its poor environmental practices — has since established a compliance program called hp - • - .. gigg?

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Above and Beyond Compliance (ABC) — in addition to its environmentally- sound Save The Waves Program. The company also maintains the motto of not discharging any solid waste into the oceans, as well as safely and responsibly disposing of any waste that does remain.

The Miami. Fla.-based company has strived to uphold voluntarily environ- mental standards that surpass National and International regulatory require- ments. According to RCCL, by the end of 1997, its performance complied with prescribed Safety and Environmental

Protection (SEP) and ISO 9002 stan- dards as certified by Det Norske Veritas (DNV). In 1998, RCCL was the first to garner ISO 14001 certification for the environmental management system on its megaclass ships. During that year, the company also tapped former Envi- ronmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator, William K. Reilly on its board of directors to supervise its envi- ronmental policies, procedures and research efforts.

According to RCCL, in one month a typical cruise vessel weighing 75,000- tons gathers large quantities of ship stores and/or provisions. Once these items are utilized, the waste that results is then recycled, landed for disposal, incinerated or discharged. Items such as incinerator ash, plastic and photo-chem- ical waste are ridded ashore; while sludge oil, which is used as fuel com- 34 Circle 317 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News