Environment

US Miami-Dade County has signed a joint statement together with six cruise ship operators and Florida Power and Light in what is being hailed as the first step in bringing shore power to PortMiami. The six cruise companies involved are [Read more...]

Energy company Gasum has entered into an agreement with the City of Vaasa, NLC Ferry Oy and Wärtsilä Finland to supply LNG to Wasaline. Wasaline  operates the Vaasa/Umeå ferry route and is building an LNG fuelled ropax - [Read more...]

While the EU parliament call for an emission ban at a berth, Yara Marine Technologies has relaunched its cold ironing initiative, partnering with NG3. “We used to do shore power projects on ships some years ago, but the [Read more...]

Stena Line is planning to operate two fossil-free battery powered vessels on its Gothenburg/Frederikshavn in Denmark route no later than 2030. This was announced by Stena Lines CEO Niclas Mårtensson during a presentation about the industry collaboration project [Read more...]

Wärtsilä has signed a framework agreement with Carnival Corp covering the supply and installation of waste water and dry waste treatment systems. The agreement covers up to 32 vessels across many of Carnival’s operating brands.The signing of the [Read more...]

A new research project, which is focusing on combining emerging technologies to promote low-carbon shipping, will test solutions on two vessels, including an MSC cruise ship. The project, named CHEK (deCarbonizing sHipping by Enabling Key technology symbiosis on [Read more...]

In 2019, HAROPA Le Havre (HLH) launched a shore power strategy, prioritising cruise ships, whose terminal is located close to the city. The schedule for completion was during 2022/2023. For river traffic, the aim is to deploy a [Read more...]

Following a meeting in early December, 2020, the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority (GVHA) Board, British Columbia confirmed that it will proceed with the next stage of the shore power project for the Victoria Cruise Terminal located at The [Read more...]

Ports of Stockholm has been awarded funding from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and the EU for an onshore power supply. This initiative is expected to significantly reduce CO2 and air polluting emissions from cruise ships in Stockholm [Read more...]

Trade association Interferry is conducting an energy efficiency data survey among members. This survey is being undertaken to ensure that existing ferries can comply with short-term greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) measures agreed in principle at last week’s meeting [Read more...]