The Alaska DEC issued the following 2 Notices of Violation for 2018:
Westerdam - Unauthorized discharge of 22,500 gallons of untreated graywater in Glacier Bay (September 11)
Seven Seas Mariner - Chlorine Daily Maximum (September 5 )

The Alaska DEC issued the following Notice of Violation:
Golden Princess - Fecal Daily Maximum (August 8)

The Alaska DEC issued the following 3 Notices of Violation:
Volendam - Total residue Chlorine (July 13)
Island Princess - Chlorine Daily Maximum (July 8 & July 14)

The Alaska DEC issued the following 13 Notices of Violation:
Golden Princess - Fecal Daily Maximum (June 8 x 2), fecal coliform geometric mean (2), BOD daily maximum (June 5 x 2), BOD monthly average
Ruby Princess - BOD Daily Max (June 12) and BOD Monthly average
Star Princess - BOD daily maximum (June 13) and BOD Monthly Average
Emerald Princess - pH Minimum (June 27)
Eurodam - fecal coliform monthly geometric mean

The Alaska DEC issued the following 7 Notices of Violation:
Emerald Princess - fecal coliform daily maximum (May 16) and fecal coliform monthly geo mean
Seabourn Sojourn - BOD daily maximum (May 31) and BOD Monthly Average
Star Princess - Discharge of untreated grey water May 8 & May 16 in Skagway
HAL Noordam - Discharge of untreated grey water May 15
Nieuw Amsterdam - Discharge of Treated mixed wastewater May 7

Norwegian Jewel, NCL
The ship was cited for air quality violations in Alaska during the 2017 cruise season.

MV Caledonian Sky
Deeper Blue reports the cruise ship MV Caledonian Sky ran aground over the weekend onto a coral reef near Kri, off Raja Ampat, Indonesia. While the ship was able to free itself not long after, the vessel left a 20-meter/66-foot-long cut through the coral reef. Mongabay reports the ship damaged approximately 1,600 square meters of coral at a diving site known as Crossover Reef. The incident resulted in destruction of the ecosystem’s structural habitat and reduction or loss of diversity of eight coral genera, including acropora, porites, montipora and stylophora. Loss is estimated in excess of $2 million.

RCI and Celebrity Cruises
Seatrade Cruise News reports RCI and Celebrity settled all claims related to alleged violations of the Alaska Marine Visible Emissions Standards that occurred over an earlier five-year period on certain ships. In April 2015, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation issued notices of violation to a number of operators, including RCI and Celebrity.

Clipper Adventurer, Clipper Cruises
CBC reports the owners of Clipper Adventurer, which ran into a rock shelf in Nunavut, will have to pay nearly $500,000 in environmental costs to the Canadian government after a Federal Court judge ruled they were responsible for the grounding. The judge dismissed a $13.5-million claim alleging that the Canadian government should have given them more information that could have prevented the crash.

Carnival Corporation
Travel Weekly reports Carnival Corp. has settled with the Alaska DEC over allegations that Carnival violated Alaska's standards that regulate visible air pollution from marine vessels. Carnival said the settlement was reached Aug. 6, 2016, and resulted in a payment "not material to our consolidated financial statements." Carnival said Alaska in 2015 issued notices of violation to all major cruise lines operating in Alaska, including its Princess Cruises and Holland America Line brands. Carnival said it is cooperating with Alaska and "conducting its own internal investigation into these matters."

Princess Cruises
Washington Post reports Princess agreed to plead guilty to seven felony charges and pay a $40 million penalty for polluting the ocean with waste and then trying to cover it up. It was charged for illegally dumping 4,227 gallons of oily waste 23 miles off the coast of Britain on Aug. 23, 2013. The company also falsified official logs in order to hide the pollution. Officials said the pollution also occurred in U.S. waters.Eight Carnival subsidiaries will be audited for the next five years by a court-supervised Environmental Compliance Program. The whistleblower engineer will be paid $1 million.

Pacific Jewel, Carnival Australia
The Mercury reports Carnival Australia has rejected an EPA finding that its ship the Pacific Jewel breached new low-sulphur fuel regulations in Sydney Harbour. The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) issued Australia's largest cruise company with a $15,000 fine after a sample of the Pacific Jewel's fuel when it was berthed at the White Bay Cruise Terminal in February showed sulphur levels nearly three times the limit.

Magnifica, MSC Cruises
The Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente E Dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources) (IBAMA) levied a fine of R$ 2.505 million against MSC Cruises for dumping garbage bags during a cruise between Madeira Island and the Port of Recife. The complaint was made by one of the ship's passengers on board during the trip held between November 26 to December 10, 2013. The complaint was registered with the Public Ministry of Paraná. After analysis of the material was found that there were testimonial and documentary evidence of irregularities carried out by the ship.

R$ 2.505 million

US$635K

Between 2009 and 2013 the State of Alaska issue 174 Notices of Violation for cruise ships discharging in violation of Alaska Water Quality Standards.

The Juneau Empire reports 49 violations of air emission standards in the past five years; 31 in 2014. The state’s list of violations shows:

2010 - 7
2011 - 4
2012 - 2
2013 - 5
2014 - 31

Alleged violators include ships from Carnival Cruise Line, Norwegian Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruise Line, Celebrity Cruises, Royal Caribbean International and Silversea Cruises.

Golden Princess, Princess Cruises
The ship was cited for four violations of Alaska Wastewater Quality Standards in September. The ship was three times out of compliance for the monthly average of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and once the pH was below permitted standards.

Regatta, Oceania Cruises
The ship was cited for two violations of Alaska Wastewater Quality Standards in exceeding the permitted level of fecal coliform.

Norwegian Pearl, Norwegian Cruise Line
The ship was cited for two violations of Alaska Wastewater Quality Standards in September. On September 15 the ship's effluent exceeded the allowable level of fecal coliform bacteria. For the month of September, the ship's monthly geometric mean exceeded the allowable level of fecal coliform bacteria.

Carnival Spirit, Carnival Cruise Lines
The ship was cited for violating Alaska Wastewater Quality Standards in September. On September 4 the ship's effluent exceeded the allowable level of zinc.

Independence, American Cruise Lines
Bangor Daily News reports the 100 passenger cruise ship allegedly released waste into the harbor as it was tied up to the town pier on Monday. The incident happened around 10:30 Monday morning and involved gray water. It isn't known how much was released, it was enough to discolor the water around the ship and had some odor to it. Jane Disney, a town councilor who is also director of the community lab, said Wednesday that the lab tested the water next to the ship about two hours after the discharge was detected. She said the lab found levels of the bacteria enterococcus at 228 parts per 100 million, slightly more than twice the concentration level of the bacteria that correlates to illness in humans. UPDATE: WCSH News reports tests completed by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection were unable to prove whether or not the ship discharged its waste while at the town pier last month, but they do say that tests indicated there was definitely a presence of sewage in the water not long after the cruise ship docked in Bar Harbor on July 19. A test conducted hours after the ship was seen discharging showed an elevated level of the bacteria "enterococcus." The D.E.P. says while the ship appears to be the only apparent source of the plume, the department can not be 100 percent certain. Authorities say this is partially because the D.E.P. is not allowed to board ships to check the necessary valves. The captain of the ship says his crew might have discharged "grey water" while the ship was at the town dock, but he added that type of waste could not have produced the size or odor of the plume reported by witnesses. "Grey water" comes from sinks and showers onboard a vessel and investigators with the D.E.P. say it could not have raised the bacteria level of the water to the extent it was on July 19. The case will be referred to the Environmental Protection Agency and the coast guard.

Norwegian Star, Norwegian Cruise Line
The ship was cited for violating Alaska Wastewater Quality Standards in July. On July 6 the ship's effluent exceeded the allowable level of fecal coliform bacteria.

Norwegian Pearl, Norwegian Cruise Line
The ship was cited for violating Alaska Wastewater Quality Standards in May. On May 26 the ship's effluent exceeded the allowable level of fecal coliform bacteria.

Hannah Glover and Rockmmore, Rockmore Co.
The Boston Herald reports the company has agreed to pay more than $300,000 in fines and other costs for dumping raw sewage directly from its vessels into coastal waters and the Charles River. Prosecutors allege that Marblehead-based Rockmore Co. Inc., which operates the vessels Hannah Glover and Rockmore, from 1990 until 2006 knowingly discharged untreated sewage from the boats toilets into North Shore waters. The Hannah Glover offers dinner cruises, sightseeing trips, and ferry service. The Rockmore is a restaurant boat moored in Salem Harbor. Under an agreement reached with federal prosecutors, the company agreed to plead guilty to two counts of violating federal law, and pay a $225,000 fine as well as a $75,000 payment to the state environmental trust.

Diamond Princess, Princess Cruises
The ship was cited for violating Alaska Wastewater Quality Standards in June. There were two violations. The ship's effluent on June 3 and June 17 exceeded the allowable level of ammonia.

Caronia, Cunard Line
Detained and fined by Brazilian authorities after nearly 8000 gallons of heavy fuel oil spilled into Guanabara Bay near Rio de Janeiro. Departure delayed one day and ship fined $410,000.