Opinion ID: 3046278
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Heading: Cruise Line Stevedoring

Text: Leon Sutcliffe was a cruise operations manager for Carnival Cruise Lines. Sutcliffe testified that Carnival used Hallmark Stevedoring, which used ILA labor, for each of its five ships in Miami. Sutcliffe stated that Carnival would have considered a stevedore proposal from FTS between 2003 and 2005. Another witness was Steve Milan, the senior vice president for land operations of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. Milan testified that Royal Caribbean used Eller-ITO for its stevedoring at the Port of Miami. According to Milan, Royal Caribbean would have considered a stevedore proposal from FTS between 2003 and 2005. Accountant Bastian analyzed Eller-ITO stevedoring invoices for Royal Caribbean and concluded that Royal Carribean would have saved $4.2 to 4.3 million from 2003 to 2005 by using FTS rather than Eller-ITO.47 Bastian concluded that had FTS provided stevedore services to cruise lines from 2003 to 47 Bastian never reviewed Hallmark Stevedoring’s records and therefore could not estimate how much money Carnival would have saved had it used FTS. 76 Case: 11-10475 Date Filed: 12/28/2012 Page: 77 of 81 2005, FTS would have realized a total net profit of $1.1 million.48