Cruise giant Carnival Corporation is suing oil companies including BP for damages related to the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill a year ago.
The company is seeking unspecified damages, plus interest and legal fees, as well as any punitive damages and other relief the court deems appropriate.
Carnival claims the oil spill caused it to “incur increased fuel costs and additional vessel cleaning costs,” plus caused the loss of revenue and passenger bookings on cruises at ports it serves in Florida, Alabama, Texas and Louisiana.
The lawsuit was filed in a Louisiana court against several parties associated with the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.
It is one of hundreds which were filed by to meet a deadline marking the first anniversary of the explosion and fire on the Deepwater Horizon that precipitated the oil spill.