Skift Take
These are all good questions to be asking, as is the question of how the financial benefits gained at cruising ports of call are or aren't funneled back into improving islands' infrastructures.
Another cruise ship drifts helplessly, again. In considering risk assessment for Caribbean nations in relation to cruise ship emergencies, let's do the math. Nearly 60 percent of the world's cruise ship fleet is in the Caribbean from November to March each year.
Over 40 percent of the world's cruise ship fleet is owned by Carnival Corporation (Carnival, Costa, Cunard, Princess, P&O, Holland America, Seabourne, Aida and Ibero cruise lines). At least four major incidents have occurred in the last 27 months on that company's ships alone.
Let's consider just two of many potential Caribbean disaster scenarios, based on the fact that three of Carnival Corporation's cruise
