Carnival slapped with a $20 million fine after it was caught dumping trash into the ocean, again

~ Carnival Corp. will pay $20 million after Princess Cruises, a Carnival subsidiary, admitted to violating the terms of its probation from a 2017 conviction for improper waste disposal.

A court filing submitted on Monday said Carnival released food waste and plastic into the ocean, failed to accurately record waste disposals, created false training records, and secretly examined ships to fix environmental-compliance issues before third-party inspections without reporting its findings to the inspectors.

Monday's settlement requires Carnival to devote more resources to comply with its probation and improve waste management.

Carnival got hit with a $20 million fine after dumping garbage into the ocean, but it's not the only cruise line guilty of trashing the sea, an expert says