Fair Sailing

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Let's prioritize local residents and environment when we talk about cruise tourism in Victoria, Canada. www.fair-sailing.com

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“I think most people are unaware of how massively harmful these ships are,” said @elizabeth-burton.bsky.social , a retired mathematician and anti-cruise ship activist with @seattlecruisecntrl.bsky.social

#cruiseships #Seattle #vesselstrikes #whales

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Cruise ship season wrapped up Sunday in Seattle, with close to 1 million people boarding a cruise ship in 2026, a record number, according to the Port of Seattle. Moving these floating resorts through the sea can have big impacts – from hitting whales to heating the planet.

kuow.orgDespite efforts, Northwest cruise ships collide with whales, climateCruise ship season wrapped up Sunday in Seattle, with close to 1 million people boarding a cruise ship in 2026, a record number, according to the Port of Seattle. Moving these floating resorts through the sea can have big impacts – from hitting whales to heating the planet.
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Today Victoria hosts little NatGeo Venture, ship #330 in the season; we’re nearing 2,500 hours of cruise ship emissions for 2026. Fun fact: cruise isn’t the $$ claimed - cruise tourists account for less than 2% of tourist spending in the region. The costs? We wrote a song youtu.be/68hkleOlXak

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Portland's first LNG cruise ship arrived today.
LNG cuts sulfur & soot, but methane leaks. A Cornell study of US-exported LNG found its 20-year climate impact is about 1/3 worse than coal's.
We removed a coal pile from the West End. Now we’re trading it for something worse!
#cruiseships #Maine

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Tonight Victoria hosts NCL Bliss, last of the PVSA-law required regulatory stops, accounting for over 85% of Victoria cruise arrivals in 2026-mostly late, brief pitstops to avoid fines. And drop garbage, like Bliss. Here’s what NCL estimates Bliss would generate in wastes, leave in Victoria.

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There are 12 cruise ship calls left in Victoria’s 2026 season. Almost half of them are large NCL ships who filed estimates of hazardous & non-haz liquid & solid wastes generated, with plans to drop it off on our island. Tonight HAL Eurodam & NCL Bliss arrive. Cue the garbage trucks and tankers.

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Victoria September cruise recap: 56 ships. 434 hours of emissions (no shore power), 84% regulatory calls required by 1886 USA law, 84% roundtrip Seattle (let’s return cruise garbage to SEA instead of offloading it here.) Cruise tourists account for less than 2% of tourist spending in our region.

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Hey Victoria, today is the final 3-ship day of the season. We host Explorer, Wonder, and suspected whale-killer and confirmed garbage scow NCL Joy. NCL filed documents estimating the amount of liquid & solid hazardous & non-haz wastes generated on Alaska cruises, offloading it in Victoria.

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Today Victoria hosts Summit, Emerald, and NCL Encore. Cruise ships offload an undisclosed amount of hazardous & non-haz liquid & solid waste here. Here’s an estimate that Encore filed on wastes generated in 2026 and plans to offload in Victoria during its 25 calls. Spoiler Alert: it’s a lot.

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Today Victoria’s cruise pollution is courtesy of Summit all day and Voyager tonight. Here’s Voyager on a previous visit. Fun Fact: cruise passengers account for less than 2% of tourist spending in the region. And it’s gonna be raining, so will they even get off the ship? youtu.be/AfNeTTfeP8o

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