Regent Seven Seas Cruises - Final Grade: “C”
Regent Seven Seas Cruises ("Regent") was founded in 1990. Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Regent operates three cruise ships which are designed to carry between 800 and 1,100 passengers and crew.
Of Regent's three ships, two have installed advanced sewage treatment systems, resulting in a grade of C+ for the company's 67% sewage treatment score. In determining the air pollution reduction grade for each cruise line, only ships that dock at a port that currently has shoreside power (thereby avoiding burning dirty fuel in port) were considered. In total, 0% of Regent's ships that dock at a port with shoreside power are plug-in capable, giving the company an F in this category. The Seven Seas Mariner, Regent's sole cruise ship operating in Alaska in 2009, did not receive any citations from Alaskan authorities for violations of Alaskan water pollution standards, giving Regent an A for water quality compliance in Alaska. None of Regent's ships were cited for air pollution violations in 2009.
Regent Seven Seas Cruises - Cruise Ship Fleet
| Ship Name | Total Persons on Board | Destinations | Sewage Treatment | Air Pollution Reduction | Water Quality Compliance | Final Ship Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Seas Mariner | 1145 | Africa, Antarctic, Caribbean, Central America, Europe, India, Mediterranean, Mexico, Middle East, North Africa, South America, U.S. East Coast | A | F | B+ | C |
| Seven Seas Navigator | 830 | Alaska, Australia, Canada, Caribbean, Central America, East Asia, Hawaii, Mexico, New Zealand, South America, South Pacific, Southeast Asia, U.S. East Coast, U.S. West Coast | A | F | N/A | C- |
| Seven Seas Voyager | 1147 | Africa, Australia, Canada, Caribbean, Central America, East Asia, Europe, Hawaii, India, Mediterranean, Mexico, Middle East, New England, New Zealand, North Africa, South America, South Pacific, Southeast Asia, U.S. East Coast, U.S. West Coast | F | F | N/A | F |
2010 Cruise Report Card Grading Methodology
The Cruise Line Environmental Report Card ranks 11 major cruise lines—Carnival Cruise Lines, Celebrity Cruises, Crystal Cruises, Cunard Cruise Line, Disney Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Princess Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Royal Caribbean Int’l, and Silversea Cruises—according to three environmental criteria: Sewage Treatment, Air Pollution Reduction, and Water Quality Compliance.
- To determine a cruise line’s Sewage Treatment grade, we compared the number of cruise ships in the cruise line that have installed advanced sewage treatment systems against the total number of ships in the cruise line.
- To determine the Air Pollution Reduction grade for each ship in a cruise line, only ships that dock at a North American port that currently provides shoreside power hookups were graded.
- To determine the Water Quality Compliance grade for ships operating in Alaska, we used 2009 notices of violation issued for individual cruise ships to each cruise line by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. Ships were given an ‘n/a’ if they traveled to Alaska but avoided Alaska’s strong water quality standards by discharging outside of those protected waters.
- The grades for each of the criteria were averaged to calculate the Final Grade for each cruise line.