| Carnival faces ban

A FEDERAL judge in the United States has threatened to stop Carnival Corporation from docking its ships at US ports as punishment for possibly violating its probation that was implemented after it previously engaged in illegal oil dumping.

Carnival has been on probation for the last two years as part of a $40 million settlement for its subsidiary Princess Cruises illegally dumping oil into the ocean over an eight-year period between 2005 and 2013.

Prosecutors allege that Carnival tried to eliminate negative audit findings, citing internal emails that reference a practice of prepping ships before auditors came aboard.

“If I could, I would give all the members of the executive committee a visit to the detention centre for a couple of days,” Judge Patricia Seitz said.

She will make a decision in Jun.