Carnival Cruise Move to Port Of Long Beach is Challenged.Environmentalists bent on Adj. 1. bent on - fixed in your purpose; "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event" bent, dead set, out to halting Carnival Cruise Line's move to a new dock near the Queen Mary Queen Mary, Queen Marie, or Queen Maria may refer to: Queens Britain England
The Surfrider Foundation, a nonprofit group dedicated to keeping California's oceans free from pollution, filed a lawsuit last December challenging the cruise line's plans to build a 1,000-foot-long dock near the historic Queen Mary. The stakes are high because the cruise line would deliver hoards of passengers to the doorstep of downtown Long Beach, where a number of tourist-oriented businesses operate. The foundation asserts that the two cruise ships that would use the dock would contaminate con·tam·i·nate v. 1. To make impure or unclean by contact or mixture. 2. To expose to or permeate with radioactivity. con·tam·i·nant n. the water with oil and gas and churn up the ocean floor. "It's been an uphill fight," said Robert Palmer, chairman of Surfrider's Long Beach chapter, which filed the lawsuit. "We are trying our hardest to restore a beach that has been ignored for 50 years." The Surfrider Foundation believes the two cruise ships that would be docked in Long Beach would be better off if they were located closer to the Port of Long Beach at Pier J. Queen Mary officials agree with Carnival Cruise Lines' assertion that the ships would not add that much pollution to the ocean, which already is navigated by cargo-container ships. Cruise line operator Carnival Corp. announced more than a year ago that it would relocate its local terminal from the Port of Los Angeles The Port of Los Angeles is located on San Pedro Bay in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, approximately 20 miles (30 km) south of downtown. Also called Los Angeles Harbor and WORLDPORT LA and would build a new dock and passenger terminal next to the Queen Mary. The debarkation terminal would be located inside the huge geodesic dome that once held the Spruce Goose, an enormous wooden plane built by Howard Hughes during World War II. If the move goes through, it would be an economic boon for Long Beach and the Queen Mary, which would stand to gain millions of dollars from cruise-ship passengers coming into town. It would also be a blow to the Port of Los Angeles, which has been the home of Carnival's West Coast-based ships, the Elation elation /ela·tion/ (e-la´shun) emotional excitement marked by acceleration of mental and bodily activity, with extreme joy and an overly optimistic attitude. and the Holiday, for years. Carnival Cruise's ships account for half of the 1 million cruise line passengers that travel from L.A.'s port. Carnival Cruise Lines This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. decided to leave L.A. because the facilities in San Pedro are antiquated, said Carnival spokeswoman Jennifer de la Cruz de la Cruz is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning 'of The Cross.'
The Queen Mary's operator, Queen's Seaport Development Inc., offered the company a better location, she said. "We viewed Long Beach as a much more attractive alternative," de la Cruz said. "We see Long Beach as offering a number of options for our guests right near the pier." Those options include the city's Aquarium of the Pacific The Aquarium of the Pacific is located in the city of Long Beach, California at the mouth of the Los Angeles River. The aquarium features a collection of over 12,500 animals representing almost 1,000 different species. , a lineup of attractive hotels along the shoreline and the Queen Mary itself, which would be used as the embarkation terminal for cruise passengers. |
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