Global Cruise Activist Network

GCAN is a global network of cruise port residents, civil society organizations, and labor & crime victim advocates.

[Stay Grounded - @staygroundednet on Bluesky 🦋 @StayGroundedNet]

Royal Caribbean wants to turn Mahahual, Mexico into a massive private cruise “destination.”

This means:
❌ Ecological destruction
❌ More air traffic & cruise ships
❌ Locals pushed out

Residents are resisting ✊🏾 support them here: https://t.co/Ial1OqWSgy

[Global Cruise Activist Network @CruiseNetwork]

@MSCCruisesUSA @PortofSeattle
Are discussions re new MSC homeport in Seattle happening? Informant says this was announced by MSC US CEO on World America in June 2025. #MSCCruises

[Global Cruise Activist Network @CruiseNetwork]

WE EXPLOIT would be a more accurate banner.

[Global Cruise Activist Network @CruiseNetwork]

@CLIAGlobal 2) Stop going where you are not welcome. Ask permission from communities (not the ports) before you set your schedules. Respect local votes to limit or stop cruise.

[Global Cruise Activist Network @CruiseNetwork]

@CLIAGlobal Beauty can be superficial, as are your actions and "caring."
How about dedication to preserving the health and well-being of the planet and the living beings that depend on clean air and water, and are harmed by global warming? 1) Stop burning HFO/dumping scrubber waste.

[Global Cruise Activist Network @CruiseNetwork]

@CarnivalCruise Discharging scrubber wastewater is also not legal in all of the ports you visit. Nor is gambling. Get rid of HFO, scrubbers, casinos to walk your talk re CBD oil, or trust passengers to not take CBD off the ships?

[Stewart Chiron @CruiseGuy]

Woman banned from @CarnivalCruise ships after attempting to bring CBD gummies aboard #cruise, lawyer says. (No means NO! Percentages, derivatives, flavors are immaterial.) fr @fox35orlando https://t.co/uR1KgRf7FD

[Global Cruise Activist Network @CruiseNetwork]

Cruise ships at dock cost residents and communities from harm to health from air pollution. Ports put $ value on that harm to justify shore power, but don't own up to the harm lacking shore power. #CruiseShipsKill

[🌎A View From The Hook - Adam Armstrong @ViewFromTheHook]

@PANYNJ @NYCCouncil38 @ebottcher @NYCMayorsOffice @NYCEDC @CruiseNetwork @EPA @PortSideNY @NYCComptroller @foe_us @pacenvironment The 2010 Port Authority testimony to the Public Services Commission supporting the creation of a shore power tariff (electricity rate for ships), stating that the use of shore power at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal would save residents $9M per year in monetized health care costs!

[Global Cruise Activist Network @CruiseNetwork]

Well done California!

[Pacific Environment @pacenvironment]

🎉Big win for portside communities today w/ @EPA's authorization for @AirResources At-Berth Rule! Ships will need to plug into shorepower at CA ports & reduce cancer-causing pollution. These emission reductions will save 230 lives!

#PollutionFreePorts

[SeattleCruiseControl @SeaCruiseCntrl]

Tell the self-described "greenest Port in North America" to cap the number of #cruise sailings for next year's season & keep reducing the number each year.
https://t.co/v47Ep6bjt3

[Global Cruise Activist Network @CruiseNetwork]

@Carnivalvictims 9k "...Any Guest whose conduct affects the comfort, enjoyment, safety, or well-being of other guests or crew will be detained onboard and/or disembarked..."

Every person buying a ticket agrees to allow this. "Affecting enjoyment" is very broad.

https://t.co/We8PgFUAfT

[Global Cruise Activist Network @CruiseNetwork]

@CLIAGlobal This means nothing if 95% of berths are not equipped to offer shore power, hookups are not there and the massive amount of power ships need is not available. And, the public shouldn't have to pay to protect itself from your pollution! #Greenwashing #CruiseShipsKill

[Global Cruise Activist Network @CruiseNetwork]

@CarnivalCruise contract 8k ..."Any Guest whose conduct affects the comfort, enjoyment, safety, or well-being of other guests or crew will be detained onboard and/or disembarked at their own expense..." - passengers have few rights, you are not in the US. https://t.co/YIgG7uxhlz

[Global Cruise Activist Network @CruiseNetwork]

Like prisons and nursing homes, cruise ships have a lot of people in close contact with each other for extended periods of time, making ideal conditions for both contact and airborne transmission of disease. And then spreading it onto communities.

[James (Jim) Walker @CruiseLaw]

The @CDCgov revealed that 73 (66 passengers & 7 crew members) on @VirginVoyages Scarlet Lady reported being ill during the #cruise that ended in Miami on Friday, with complaints of abdominal cramps, vomiting & diarrhea.

https://t.co/aPLAlG5dpL

The CDC has not determined the “causative agent” for this most recent outbreak. Norovirus is listed as the causative agent in all other 13 cruise ship outbreaks this year.

Norovirus is the usual cause of gastrointestinal illnesses on cruise ships and is commonly the cause of outbreaks in nursing homes, hospitals and daycare facilities. According to the CDC and FDA, the most likely cause for cruise ship GI outbreaks is contaminated water or food.

[James (Jim) Walker @CruiseLaw]

Op-Ed: Santa Barbara City Council Turns Blind Eye to Cruise Ship #Pollution

https://t.co/CYRqJm9pyV

"Anti-cruise ship protests in port cities are growing! Even residents of cities that depend heavily on tourism are concerned about the hazards that #cruise ships bring with them.

Here are some of them:  Bar Harbor, Maine; Juneau, Alaska;  Amsterdam, Barcelona, Italy, France and Norway.

These cities and countries, along with scientists, realize that cruise ships bring environmental pollution and and an increase in health hazards to the cities that they visit.  Cruise ships burn bunker oil, the most polluting fossil fuel of all and the most dangerous to lungs and hearts, increasing the risks of asthma, lung disease and cancer . . .

They continue to spew poison while their engines idle during their visits.

Are the local environment and the health of the people that you are sworn to protect and serve of no concern to you?

Cruise ships burn the most lethal fuel of any other fossil fuel: Bunker Oil. It is the dirtiest fuel of them all!"

#CruiseNews

[Global Cruise Activist Network @CruiseNetwork]

@CruiseNorwegian Look at the plume of pollution emitting from the Breakaway. Human impacts of diesel pollution include cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, cancers, neurological, ... There are many reasons cruise ships are facing opposition, you clearly highlight one. #CruiseShipsKill

[Global Cruise Activist Network @CruiseNetwork]

Activists in Douarnenez, Brittany, France are strongly pushing back against #CruiseIndustryColonization with protests highlighting #ClimateChange impacts of cruise tourism, including #ExtinctionTourism of expedition cruisers. https://t.co/hOTesE3e2H

[Global Cruise Activist Network @CruiseNetwork]

@kayak175 @jolocktov @CruiseNorwegian @foe_us @CityPortland @CityofSoPo @CruiseLaw Cruise lines put a lot of effort into greenwashing, so it is possible she doesn't know how bad the cruise industry is. It needn't be a woe to simply be informed so you can make better choices. Here is a powerfully presented overview. https://t.co/QPS7mag99P

[Global Cruise Activist Network @CruiseNetwork]

@jolocktov @CruiseNorwegian @foe_us @CityPortland @CityofSoPo @CruiseLaw @CruiseMaine Health and medical costs are dispersed among the many and accrue over time, so it is easy for politicians and industry boosters to ignore or deny. Researchers are finding even more cause for concern with lower levels of pollution than previously thought. #CruiseShipsKill

[Global Cruise Activist Network @CruiseNetwork]

A start. Moving the problem conveys ships are not welcome; however, the problems remain.
Air pollution travels long distances, as can cruise passengers on buses (and planes into Barcelona). #ChooseNottoCruise #CruiseShipsKill #ClimateEmergency

[Overtourism @Overtourism]

Barcelona BANS cruise ships from main port in bid to reduce pollution https://t.co/9Qr7veRtPs

[Global Cruise Activist Network @CruiseNetwork]

@CruiseNorwegian Portland, Maine residents are forced to breathe a Norwegian Encore "cocktail" today.
Results - cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, and carcinogenic harm.

@CruiseNorwegian Don't go where there isn't shore power available for your ships to plug into.
#CruiseShipsKill