The ODT has an excellent if lengthy piece on the cruise ship industry in times of climate crisis.
The Climate Change Commission is now consulting on whether emissions from international shipping & aviation should be included in NZ's carbon cutting goals out to 2050.
My daughter, who is disabled and uses a wheelchair, was married on Friday, and they booked a cruise to Mexico for their honeymoon. They couldn't get the $900 deal because "the accessible room is bigger and people without disabilities rent it out." So they are spending over $2,000 and they can't get off in Cancun because it isn't accessible at that port. #DisabilityInclusion#Cruises#DisabilityRights
Amsterdam's city council has decided to close a major cruise ship terminal in its centre in the latest measure to limit mass tourism in the Dutch capital.
"Polluting cruise ships are not in line with the sustainable ambitions of our city," said a statement from centre-right party D66, which runs the city with the social democrats PvdA and GroenLinks environmentalists.
In November, the MV Lara will start its three-year cruise, for which passengers pay up to $589,356. When the project was first announced, the bookings started rolling in from customers who sold their homes for the chance to sail the world. However, before the ship has even left the dock, there's been turmoil within the company. Here's a look at what's happened so far. Would you want to go on a cruise for three years?