As part of its Ships and Platforms of Opportunity Programme, the Arctic Research Icebreaker Cons (ARICE) has offered an opportunity for project teams to be included on PONANT’s Polar expedition ship ’Le Commandant Charcot’ in the Arctic for 2023 and beyond. Submissions are to be made by [Read more...]
Carnival Corp has completed the installation of nearly 600 food waste biodigesters across its fleet. The installations were made in support of ongoing food waste management and reduction efforts, as part of its overall commitment to environmental compliance. They were added to ships from the [Read more...]
The Port of Dover has announced three targets aimed at being ahead in the de-carbonisation of the UK ports industry. The first two targets aim for net zero, as follows: To be carbon net zero by 2025 (Scope 1&2 - direct emissions from operations and [Read more...]
Carnival Cruise Line has claimed a reduction in food waste since it restarted guest operations to celebrate Earth Day. As Carnival nears the return of its entire fleet, it becomes the first major cruise line to employ bio-digesters across its whole operation, with the intention [Read more...]
Stena Line has signed a contract with Yara Marine Technologies to install shore power systems on board four ropaxes. When connected to the local power grid at the port, the turnkey solution will allow the vessels to eliminate emissions and noise that would otherwise have [Read more...]
Viking has partnered with the UK’s University of Cambridge to establish a new Professorship. This is aimed at advancing research in the field of Polar environmental science. The Viking Polar Marine Geoscience Fund will endow the University’s Scott Polar Research Institute with its first-ever fully [Read more...]
Shore power-enabled ships can now plug in to ABP’s Southampton’s Horizon and Mayflower Cruise Terminals. AIDA Cruises’ newly delivered ‘AIDAcosma’ and Cunard’s ‘Queen Mary 2’ can now use the port’s shore power, thus creating zero emissions while berthed. The total shore power project cost was $11.8 [Read more...]
Ulstein has launched a vessel concept claimed to be capable of making the vision of zero emission cruise operations a reality. Named ‘Ulstein Thor’, the 149 m 3R (replenishment, research and rescue) design will feature a thorium molten salt reactor (MSR) to generate large amounts [Read more...]
Transport Canada has strengthened the country’s discharge requirements for cruise ships operating in its waters during the 2022 cruise season. The measures were developed in co-operation with the industry and were introduced to help restore marine habitats, further protect Canadian waters and set the foundation [Read more...]
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) is to pursue net zero emissions by 2050 across its operations and brands. The company has also committed to develop short- and near-term greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets to support its path to net zero. In addition, it has published [Read more...]