How do cruise ships handle deaths at sea?

According to the Broward County Medical Examiner's Office, which is where any deaths on cruise ships that stop at Fort Lauderdale's Port Everglades must be ... likely remain in the ship's morgue until the ship returns to a more major port, as few, if any, of the islands on such an itinerary are equipped to handle repatriation. read more

Between 1999 and 2007, the Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office in Florida reported 97 cruise ship deaths; the Miami Dade County Medical Examiner’s Office recorded 33 cruise ship deaths since 2004; and partial data from the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office noted 22 cruise ship deaths between 1991 and 2003. read more

According to the Broward County Medical Examiner's Office, which is where any deaths on cruise ships that stop at Fort Lauderdale's Port Everglades must be reported, some 91 people have died on cruise ships that arrived in Fort Lauderdale between 2014 and 2017. read more

the rules are stricter, a ship needs to be out into open sea much further than with the foodwaste, in fact, I think that anywhere on the Mediterranean (for example) a ship is NOT allowed to do this, but once far enough out elsewhere, this stuff just sinks to the bottom and does not harm the environment. read more