Reply #72: Carnival Corporation (Also featured in Hurricane Katrina) [View All]

[DrDebug]

The British-American corporation, Carnival Corporation & plc is the world's largest cruise operator, comprising 12 cruise brands, including Carnival Cruise Lines, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Windstar Cruises and Seabourn Cruise Line in North America; P&O Cruises, Cunard Line, Ocean Village Holidays and Swan Hellenic in the United Kingdom; AIDA and A'ROSA in Germany; Costa Cruises in Southern Europe and P&O Cruises Australia in Australia. It operates 80 ships, totalling more than 139,000 berths with a further 15 ships to be delivered between May 2006 and October 2009. (1)

Carnival Corporation was one of the pre-9/11 inside traders.

During Hurricane Katrina, FEMA awarded Carnival Corporation $236 million for 3 of its cruise ships to the Military Sealift Commandor providing about 7,100 berths. (2)

Ambassador Richard Capen Jr is a member of the boards of Carnival Corporation. (3) Richard was appointed US Ambassador to Spain between 1989 and 1991 by George H.W. Bush and publisher of The Miami Herald between 1983 to 1989. (4)

Sources:
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_Corporation
2. http://www.taxpayer.net/budget/katrinaspending/contracts/carnival.htm
3. http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromMktGuideIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedMktGuideId=49981
4. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE3D9103BF931A2575BC0A965958260

They should rename it to Carnivore Corporation