Ports of Stockholm, an organisation that controls four ports in the region is to install shore power connections at two locations. “Cruise passengers are very important to Stockholm financially and generate over 1,000 jobs in the region. Onshore power connections in Stockholm are part of [Read more...]
Addressing the environment, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) has published the ‘Global Cruise Industry Environmental Technologies and Practices Inventory and associated Environmental Report’, which was produced by Oxford Economics (OE). The report, which demonstrates the industry’s commitment to responsible tourism practices and continued progress on [Read more...]
Royal Caribbean Group (RCL) has announced that it will make its cruise ships as eco-friendly as possible by reducing net zero emissions by 2050. ‘Destination Net Zero’ as the new programme is being called is a collective effort, according to the company’s blog. There are two [Read more...]
Large numbers of goods and passengers are transported daily between the ports of Stockholm, Helsinki and Tallinn. The three Baltic Sea ports have collaborated each investing in onshore power electricity connections to significantly reduce air emission from vessels berthed alongside. As a result, the final [Read more...]
A new shore power facility has been inaugurated at the DFDS terminal in Copenhagen. The facility significantly reduces the ships’ CO2 emissions while they are in port, thus ensuring cleaner air for the benefit of the environment and even more so for the neighbours on [Read more...]
Seaspan Ferries Corp (Seaspan) has become the first Canadian marine company to pilot the use of renewable natural gas (RNG). This trial was aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) produced by its roll-on, roll-off LNG powered ships. Seaspan said that it expected data from [Read more...]
Deltamarin is investing in R&D to gain and maintain the industry-leading knowledge of the technologies implemented on ships, especially in the field of carbon capture. The company explained that one of the emerging technologies that has received less attention in a maritime context is post-combustion [Read more...]
Ports of Stockholm has been granted building permits to equip Stockholm’s central quays with cruise ship onshore power connections. This environmental initiative is a collaboration with other Baltic Sea ports that will result in significantly lower CO2 emissions and air pollutants from cruise ships in [Read more...]
Haropa Port, which manages the Seine region ports, has started a project to enable cruise ships to connect to a land-based electricity supply during their calls at Le Havre. Hangar 13 on the Pointe de Floride will be redeveloped to house high-voltage distribution equipment along with conversion systems to adjust quayside [Read more...]
Tracesafe a supplier of location-aware Internet of Things (IoT) platforms for large-scale industrial and enterprise operations, has announced a wearable technology partnership with Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCI). Working in collaboration with RCI’s innovation team, TraceSafe has developed custom wearable devices and bands equipped with long-lasting batteries and [Read more...]