Cruise line operator Carnival Corp. has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a $1 million penalty for violating a condition of its probation relating to its environmental compliance plan (ECP), according to court documents filed Friday.
In April 2017, the Department of Justice ordered Princess Cruises, owned by Carnival, to pay a record $40 million penalty for illegally dumping overboard oil-contaminated waste and falsifying official logs to conceal the discharges. Princess and all related Carnival cruise ship companies were further required to implement an ECP, including independent audits by an outside company and oversight by a court-appointed compliance monitor (CAM) for a probation period of five years.
