Environment

Crystal Cruises has announced a new partnership with the California Ocean Alliance, (COA), which is dedicated to marine research to safeguard oceans for the protection of marine mammals worldwide. COA scientists will join ‘Crystal Endeavor’, the line’s new expedition yacht, [Read more...]

Stena Line is to accelerate its transition towards fossil-free shipping. The company has unveiled a plan to reduce total CO2 emissions by as much as 30% by 2030. In 2020, the ferry company claimed it was continuing to [Read more...]

Enel X and Fincantieri have signed a letter of intent (LoI) to build and operate port infrastructure with a low environmental impact. In addition, the LoI calls for the development of electricity-powered solutions for ground logistics services. In [Read more...]

Valletta Cruise Port, together with local authorities and partners, has worked on ’COVID-19 Cruise Operations Guidelines for a Safe Continuation of Cruising in Valletta’. The project’s aim was to facilitate operations in this transitional phase. Operating guidelines were prepared [Read more...]

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...]