Articles tagged “triumph”

The good news is that the Triumph didn't hit anything on the way out of port. But it's a long way to the Bahamas.

Carnival caved to intense pressure from Washington and its decision to reimburse the government for the Carnival Triumph and Carnival Splendor rescues could serve as a precedent. Carnival and other cruise lines could be getting bills in the mail from the U.S. Treasury for future incidents.

Carnival Corp. didn't make any concessions in its letter to Senator Rockefeller, arguing that the cruise industry already pays plenty of taxes. Don't expect Carnival to reimburse the U.S. government for its costs in the Triumph incident, although the amount of money would be puny for a corporation of Carnival's size.

It would be a much more difficult task to bolster passenger rights on board cruise ships than on planes, but the need is no less necessary.