Caught on camera: The moment cruise ship crew member hurled garbage bags straight into the ocean off

[Judi Lynn]

Caught on camera: The moment cruise ship crew member hurled garbage bags straight into the ocean off Brazilian coast in violation of international law

By Snejana Farberov
PUBLISHED: 01:11 EST, 16 March 2014 | UPDATED: 01:33 EST, 16 March 2014

The Swiss-Italian cruise operator MSC Cruises has come under scrutiny after undercover videos emerged online showing what appears to be workers aboard one of its ships dumping trash into the ocean.

The liner where the footage was filmed has been identified as MSC Magnifica, which was reportedly sailing off the coast of Brazil at the time.

Jim Walker, a Miami-based maritime lawyer, broke the story on his site Cruise Law News two weeks ago, explaining that a former employee of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) leaked the videos to him.

On his site and Facebook page, the attorney explained that the black garbage bags seen in the 10-second clips being hurled overboard were likely filled with plastics, oily discharge and other materials that cruise ships are prohibited from discarding into the water under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL).

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[Submariner]

1. Well a CEO has got to eat!

and if he/she can make some more money by cutting frivolous costs like proper trash disposal, then maybe the CEO can get a Helli-pad mounted on his/her yacht, with a new chopper to boot.

Because the cruise line execs and public will not see the turtles choking to death or dead from burst guts due to intestinal blockage by the plastic bags, or other fin fish ingesting cruise ship crap, or have to clean up the beach or dive the reef to get trash off the coral.

A Royal Caribbean cruise ship got caught on film doing this same thing about a decade or so ago. I guess this a**hole CEO didn't get the message.