Key Aspects: A whistleblower turned over hundreds of crew complaints about life aboard Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Encounter. Officials from Australia’s maritime authority boarded the ship during a port call in Darwin. Workers had detailed low pay, long hours, cramped housing, and other complaints. A Carnival Cruise Line ship’s port call at Darwin, Australia, on February 9, 2026, turned out to be anything but routine.  Responding to a whistleblower complaint from an unidentified crew member, officials from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) boarded Carnival...

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