The cruise industry has invested over $23.5 bill in on board and portside technologies, including cleaner fuel sources, to reduce its environmental impact, according to a new report published by the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA). This represents an increase of around $1.9 bill since [Read more...]
Copenhagen-headquartered freight and passenger ferry operator DFDS has unveiled plans to make the company climate neutral by 2050. The company’s short-term plan is to reduce emissions by about 45 % from 2008 to 2030 with the main focus being on existing vessels and minor technical [Read more...]
In its recently released 2019 sustainability report, Carnival Corp claimed it had achieved its remaining 2020 sustainability targets last year. Carnival has also established new 2030 sustainability goals, including a Paris Agreement-aligned commitment to cut its carbon emissions by 40%. The group first defined its [Read more...]
To date, the cruise industry has invested over $23.5 bill in ships with new technologies and cleaner fuels to reduce air emissions and achieve greater efficiency, according to a new report. Cruise Lines International Association‘s (CLIA) Global Cruise Industry Environmental Technologies and Practices Report, produced by Oxford [Read more...]
Scenic Group has joined the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) as an official member. This move follows the inaugural season sailing and exploring Antarctica with the ‘Scenic Eclipse’, the company said. Scenic claimed that the Polar Code 6 class ship was purpose-built with [Read more...]
The Port of Bergen has formed EPI AS to further develop an Environmental Port Index (EPI) tool used to measure a vessel’s pollution level when in port. Behind this move is Bergen’s long-term ambition to put in place a system in which the environmental impact [Read more...]
Two Operators, five provisional operators and five new Associates have joined the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) at its first online annual meeting. Ice Trek and Scenic Expeditions have become IAATO operators, while Intrepid Travel, Residences at Sea, Students on Ice, Sur Expeditions [Read more...]
Hapag-LLoyd’s luxury cruise ship, ‘Europa 2’ has received certification for her cold ironing connection by class society DNV GL. This certificate is the result of undisrupted testing the compatibility of cold ironing. This is claimed to be the first instance of a cruise ship using [Read more...]
Stena Line has claimed to be 10 years ahead of the international shipping targets for reducing emissions. In the recently published sustainability overview ‘A Sustainable Journey’ the ferry company reported a reduction of both total CO2 emissions and per transported tonne on board the ferries. [Read more...]
Norsepower has installed a rotor sail on board Scandlines hybrid ropax ‘Copenhagen’. ’Copenhagen’ operates between Rostock, Germany and Gedser, Denmark and was retrofitted in Rostock during a scheduled overnight stop. Norsepower’s rotor sail unit fitted measured 30 m in height and 5 m in [Read more...]