The cruise lines did drop off pallets of supplies from food for the poor. The cruise lines are accepting donations of supplies at their major ports of departure for anyone that wants them to bring them to Haiti:
http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=3640
As has been covered, it's difficult to get aid into Haiti right now.

It's 100 miles from the port to the earth quake on the opposite end of the island- it's nowhere near the carnage, there aren't unsafe buildings there. It's easier to get stuff from the Dominican republic to Port au prince than it is to get things there from Labadee. Haiti is a tropical country of skinny people - they really don't need fat westerners clothes that much - so having the cruise line passengers donate their clothes won't help so much, but the cruise line passengers are able to donate to haitian charitities using their cruise cash card thing and their tv systems.

There is not a good road system in Haiti to begin with - any goods that are being sold in Labadee are likely to have been produced locally and the earth quake damage doesn't reach to the north coast.

So we're talking about employing 500 haitians and getting $6 per tourist being the LARGEST proportion of the Haitian tourist industry. That's 500 haitians that have families that they need to support and who need the money from the tourist industry.

If the cruise lines don't stop at Labadee - they're just going to stop elsewhere, and the tourists are just going to have fun elsewhere, and still ignore the tragedy in Haiti. And the country doesn't get money that it would have otherwise.

The cruise lines are claiming that they are stopping mainly to deliver supplies and aid, they're donating money to haiti because of the criticism, and that they actually lose money stopping there 3 times in a week...

From the wikipedia:


Labadee (also Labadie) is a port located on the northern coast of Haiti. It is a private resort leased to Royal Caribbean International. Royal Caribbean International has contributed the largest proportion of tourist revenue to Haiti since 1986, employing 300 locals, allowing another 200 to sell their wares on the premises, and paying the Haitian government US$6 per tourist.[1]

The resort is completely tourist-oriented, and is guarded by a private security force. The site is fenced off from the surrounding area, and passengers are not allowed to leave the property. It is also blocked off from the remainder of Haiti by mountains[2]. A controlled group of Haitian merchants are given sole rights to sell their merchandise and establish their businesses in the resort. Although sometimes described as an island in advertisements, it is actually a peninsula contiguous with the island of Hispaniola. The cruise ship moors to the pier at Labadee capable of servicing the Oasis class ships, which was completed in late 2009.[3]

Attractions include a Haitian flea market, beaches, watersports, a water-oriented playground, and a zip-line.[4]