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Carnival Corporation & plc

Carnival Corporation & plc is a British-American cruise operator with a combined fleet of over ninety vessels across nine cruise line brands and one joint venture with China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC).[4] A dual-listed company, Carnival is composed of two companies – Panama-incorporated, US-headquartered Carnival Corporation, and UK-based Carnival plc – which function as one entity. Carnival Corporation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, whereas Carnival plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange with an ADR listing on the NYSE.[7] Carnival is listed in both the S&P 500 and FTSE 250 indices.[8]

Company type

Dual-listed; Public (Panama corporation and UK public limited company)

Hospitality, Tourism

Carnival Cruise Line[1] (an existing subsidiary; Carnival Corporation)
P&O Princess Cruises[2] (Carnival plc)

1972 (1972)[3] (as Carnival Cruise Line, now a subsidiary)
1993 (1993) (as Carnival Corporation)
2003 (2003)[2] (as Carnival Corporation & plc)

Miami, Florida, U.S. (Operations: Doral, Florida, U.S.)
Southampton, United Kingdom
Legal domicile of Carnival Corporation: Panama

Worldwide

Micky Arison
(Chairman)
Joshua Weinstein
(President and CEO)

Cruise line

Increase US$21.593 billion (2023)[5]

Increase US$1.956 billion (2023)[5]

Increase −US$0.074 billion (2023)[5]

Decrease US$49.120 billion (2023)[5]

Decrease US$6.882 billion (2023)[5]

90,000 (2024)[6]

www.carnivalcorp.com

The American entity Carnival Corporation has its headquarters in the United States,[9] with operational headquarters located in the city of Doral, Florida. The UK entity Carnival plc has its headquarters in Southampton, England.[10][11]

Carnival Cruise Line

White Pass and Yukon Route

Carnival Australia – headquarters in Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia

– headquarters in Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia

P&O Cruises Australia

– Established by P&O Princess in 2001, sold following the Carnival merger in 2003

A-Rosa Cruises

– Established by the Carnival Corporation in 2015 – Ended cruise operations in 2017. Its functions were reduced to operating as a tour group until the end of 2018.

Fathom

– Established by Carnival Corp in 1993, liquidated in 1994. The sole ship was sold to the Epirotiki Line.

Fiesta Marina Cruises

– Established by Carnival Corp in 2003, liquidated in 2014 with ships transferred to Costa Cruises and Cruise & Maritime Voyages.

Ibero Cruises

– Established by P&O Princess in 2003, liquidated in 2010 with ship transferred to P&O Cruises Australia

Ocean Village

– P&O Princess subsidiary since 1983, liquidated in 2007 with ship transferred to Princess Cruises

Swan Hellenic

– Carnival subsidiary since 1989, sold to Ambassadors International in 2007.

Windstar Cruises

Violations of environmental laws[edit]

In 2002 the Carnival Corporation pleaded guilty in United States District Court in Miami to criminal charges related to falsifying records of the oil-contaminated bilge water that six of its ships dumped into the sea from 1996 through 2001. The Carnival Corporation was ordered to pay $18 million in fines and perform community service, received five years' probation and must submit to a court-supervised worldwide environmental-compliance program for each of its cruise ships.[56]


For dumping oiled waste into the seas and lying to cover it up, Princess Cruise Lines was fined $40 million in 2016. According to federal authorities, it was the "largest-ever criminal penalty" for intentional vessel pollution. Officials said that these practices began in 2005 and persisted until August 2013, when a newly hired engineer blew the whistle. As part of its plea agreement, ships of the parent company Carnival Cruise lines were subjected to a court supervised environmental compliance plan for five years.[57]


For violation of the probation terms of 2016 Carnival and its Princess line were ordered to pay an additional $20 million penalty in 2019. The new violations included discharging plastic into waters in the Bahamas, falsifying records, and interfering with court supervision.[58]

(Princess Cruises) – Became famous for appearing in the romantic comedy anthology TV series The Love Boat and was featured in nearly every episode. She sailed for Princess Cruises from 1975 to 2002.[59]

Pacific Princess

(Cunard Line) – The flagship of Cunard Line when acquired by Carnival Corporation. She was sold to Istithmar World in 2008.[60]

Queen Elizabeth 2

(Holland America Line) – The flagship of Holland America Line for 40 years. She was sold to Premier Cruises in 1997 and renamed Rembrandt. She currently operates under her original name as a floating hotel and museum in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[61]

Rotterdam

(Costa Cruises) – Struck a rock and sank off the coast of Isola del Giglio, Italy in 2012, in the Costa Concordia disaster.[62] Thirty-two passengers and crew members were killed, along with one salvage operator, while 64 other people were injured.[62]

Costa Concordia

(Fathom and P&O Cruises) – First cruise ship to sail to Cuba from the United States mainland (in 2019) since the United States embargo against Cuba over 40 years prior.[63] She was sold to Azamara Club Cruises in 2018 and renamed Azamara Pursuit.[64]

Adonia

(P&O Cruises) – The first cruise ship commissioned for the UK market.[65] She was sold to Astro Ocean in 2019 and renamed Piano Land.[66]

Oriana

Carnival has had various notable ships in the past including:

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