CARNIVAL TO REPAY U.S. GOVERNMENT

MIAMI — Carnival Corp. said Monday it will repay the U.S. government for the cost to taxpayers of dealing with disabling accidents to its Triumph and Splendor ships. Carnival will submit voluntary payments to the U.S. Treasury, but didn’t specify an amount. U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller estimated the coast guard’s costs at nearly $780,000 U.S. in the Triumph case. He said the January 2010 stranding of the Splendor cruise ship in the Pacific Ocean cost the coast guard and navy $3.4 million.