Carnival Cruise ship spews black smoke months after the cruise liner was fined millions for air and water pollution

A CARNIVAL Cruise ship has been spotted spewing clouds of black smoke from its funnel while docked in the Bahamas.

The two-minute video comes just one month after Carnival was fined millions of pounds for air and water pollution.

A Carnival cruise ship was caught emitting black smoke while docked

The video, taken on July 28, was filmed via a webcam near the port of Nassau in the Bahamas.

The caption says: “#CarnivalVictory ‘no smoke without …?’ Hard to imagine anything good happening here. “

At first the smoke appears to be coming from the Royal Caribbean ship, but on closer inspection it is the Carnival Victory cruise liner hidden behind which is emitting the black clouds.

It’s unclear what is causing the smoke, as the ship appears to be docked.

The Carnival Victory was docked in the Bahamas

The dark smoke was filmed for two minutes while it was in Nassau

Social media users were conflicted over what it meant.

One person said: “Someone added: “Love cruising, but scenes like this make me really feel guilty.”

Another person remarked: “These kinds of things happening are going to eradicate the cruise industry. “

However, an ‘expert’ seemed to explain they thought was happening : “Coming from a mechanic’s point of view, it looks like they may have had some engine issues they were dealing with and it is burning way to much fuel. Which is why the smoke is so black, just like diesel trucks when you see them “rolling coal” as it is called.”

According to boat website Boats.com, black smoke is caused by “excess, unburned or partially combusted fuel, or conversely by inadequate air supply to your engine.”

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The worrying black smoke comes just one month after Carnival Cruises agreed to pay $20 million (£15.7 million) in fines after admitting to polluting the oceans after a settlement with US federal prosecutors.

Carnival Corp, who own Carnival Cruises, agreed to pay the settlement after pleading guilty to continuing to pollute the sea despite a previous criminal conviction aimed to prevent it.

The court case follows the report that the cruise liner dumped over 500,000 gallons of sewage into the oceans since their probation.

Senior US District Judge Patricia Seitz approved the settlement agreement after Carnival CEO Arnold Donald stood up in open court and admitted the company’s responsibility for probation violations stemming from the previous environmental case.

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In a courtroom including other Carnival executives including company chairman and Miami Heat owner Micky Arison, Arnold repeated six times: “The company pleads guilty.”

He added: “We acknowledge the shortcomings. I am here today to formulate a plan to fix them.

Carnival admitted violating terms of probation from a 2016 criminal conviction for discharging oily waste from its Princess Cruise Lines ships and covering it up.

Carnival paid a $40 million (£31.4 million) fine and was put on five years’ probation in that case, which affected all nine of its cruise brands that boast more than 100 ships.

A Carnival Cruise spokesperson told Sun Online Travel: “Carnival Victory incident in question involved an adjustment of the boiler, causing smoke from the ship’s funnel.