The environmental impact of shipping include air pollution, water pollution, acoustic, and oil pollution. Ships are responsible for more than 3% of greenhouse gas emissions and 18% of nitrogen oxides
Container ships in port
Carcass of a whale on a shore in Iceland
Cruise ship haze over Juneau, Alaska
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Cruise ships carrying several thousand passengers and crew have been compared to “floating cities,” and the volume of wastes that they produce is comparably large, consisting of sewage; wastewater fro
Norwegian Dawn and Carnival Dream moored alongside in New Orleans (2015)