Mapped: The destinations cracking down on polluting cruise ships

The French Riviera resort of Cannes will effectively ban the most polluting cruise ships from its port from January 2020.

Best known for its annual film festival, the city is the fourth busiest port in France. According to the city’s mayor, David Lisnard, 370,000 people visited by cruise ship in 2018. 

Lisnard oversaw a study looking at how ships affect the local ecosystem. Following this, the city is bringing in new guidelines that will prevent ships that do not sign up to its environmental charter from disembarking passengers. This charter includes a cap of 0.1 per cent sulphur in fuel emissions. 

The regulation is stricter than most others to which cruise companies are asked to comply. This…