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Carnival Corp said on its June 23 Q2 2026 earnings call it will keep a one-to-two-ship annual newbuild pace into the 2030s. It ordered three Princess Cruises ships for 2035, 2038 and 2039, taking its orderbook to 10 ships, including five for Carnival Cruise Line and two for AIDA. It plans fleet modernization, including AIDA Evolution and Holland America Evolution starting with Oosterdam in fall 2027.

Carnival Cruise Line partnered with Miami-based Sneaker Impact to launch a U.S. fleet-wide shoe recycling program. The initiative collects unclaimed onboard footwear plus guest and crew donations, sends shoes to Sneaker Impact for sorting, then routes wearable pairs to reuse and end-of-life shoes to recycling. A July trial with five ships diverted 500+ pairs, projecting about 50,000 pairs annually. Carnival’s parent Carnival Corp targets 25% GHG intensity reduction by 2029 vs 2019.

Carnival Cruise Line said Aug. 13 it will partner with Sneaker Impact to collect donated and unclaimed shoes onboard and recycle them in Miami. Carnival said a pilot on five ships in July diverted over 500 pairs from landfills and expects about 50,000 pairs diverted if scaled across its U.S. fleet. Carnival Corporation targets carbon-neutral operations by 2050.

Toronto’s TSX hit another record, up 97.15 points to 36,759.29, led by telecom and tech. Canadian dollar weakened to 71.78 US cents. Earnings: Stantec beat adjusted profit, CCL topped sales; Pan American Silver missed. Brookfield, TELUS and Rogers reported results. On Wall Street, S&P 500 and Nasdaq reached highs; Cisco fell after results; CPI rose 0.1% m/m.

Canada’s TSX traded near record highs but slipped 68.19 points to 36,593.95 as investors weighed earnings and softer U.S. PPI. The Canadian dollar fell to 71.72 U.S. cents. CCL Industries rose 3.7% after beating sales; Pan American Silver fell 10% after missing profit. Brookfield’s distributable EPS rose, shares little changed.

Canada’s TSX opened slightly higher at 36,664.76 as investors weighed earnings and stalled U.S.-Iran talks, with softer U.S. PPI. Stantec beat Q2 adjusted profit estimates; CCL Industries topped Q2 sales. Pan American Silver missed profit expectations. On Wall Street, the S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq rose, led by Meta, Microsoft and Netflix; Cisco fell after results.

Carnival Cruise Line said it is partnering with Miami-based Sneaker Impact to launch a U.S. fleet shoe recycling initiative. Unclaimed, guest, and crew-donated shoes will be collected and processed at Sneaker Impact’s facility, with usable pairs reused and others recycled into materials. Carnival cited 500+ pairs diverted in July and estimates about 50,000 pairs if scaled.

Canada-U.S. trade talks are in focus, with Dominic LeBlanc pressing for an interim deal that could ease steel and aluminum levies in exchange for dairy quota and tariff concessions, with U.S. tariffs set to take effect Aug. 19. The article also flags upcoming earnings from Air Canada and Cineplex, plus multiple other Canadian firms.

Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL) set a new goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 25% by 2029 versus a 2019 baseline, measured on an available lower berth days basis. The company says it reached a 20% reduction in 2025, five years ahead of its 2030 target, and expects about $650 million fuel savings in 2026 versus 2019, per its 2025 Sustainability Report.

Carnival Cruise Line (CCL) agreed with Jotun to deploy Jotun’s Hull Skating Solution (HSS) robotic proactive hull cleaning on Carnival Pride. The companies say HSS and related coatings, monitoring, and digital reporting aim to keep hulls clean, reduce fuel use and carbon emissions, and limit invasive species transfer, with DNV verification citing no measurable speed loss.