The problem is with

my $output = new OUTFILE ('>C:\Program Files\cron\Cruise Ships\ship_da
+ta.csv');
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Not exactly sure* why you get the specific error you are getting, but that statement is both wrong and the cause. That statement is suppose to mean

my $output = OUTFILE->new('>C:\Program Files\cron\Cruise Ships\ship_da
+ta.csv');
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which isn't what you want at all. You want

open(my $output, '>', 'C:\\Program Files\\cron\\Cruise Ships\\ship_dat
+a.csv');
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But now you have two file handles to the same file (OUTFILE and $output). Use

use IO::Handle qw( );

...

my $out_fn = 'C:\\Program Files\\cron\\Cruise Ships\\ship_data.csv';
open(OUTFILE, '>', $out_fn)
   or die("Unable to create output file \"$out_fn\": $!\n");

...

print (OUTFILE $input); 

...

OUTFILE->print ( join(',', @$row), "\n");
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Or better yet, don't use global variables:

my $out_fn = 'C:\\Program Files\\cron\\Cruise Ships\\ship_data.csv';
open(my $out_fh, '>', $out_fn)
   or die("Unable to create output file \"$out_fn\": $!\n");

...

print ($out_fh $input); 

...

$out_fh->print ( join(',', @$row), "\n");
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Of course, using two different ways of calling print is confusing. You should stick to the one you like.

Note I added error checking to open. If anything's going to fail when you run the program, that's going to be it.

* — It's a mixture of indirect method requiring guesswork on Perl's part, barewords often represent file handles, and file handles are blessed as IO::Handle objects by default.

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