CLIA spells out cruise ships environmental progress
Concrete progress has been made by the cruise industry to advance its environmental and sustainability agenda. Data from the 2023 orderbook also illustrated that cruise lines continued to invest in new vessels with 44 new ships on order [Read more...]
MSC publishes results from world’s first net zero emissions cruise
What is claimed to be the world’s first net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions cruise ship voyage, undertaken on board MSC Cruises latest LNG-powered ’MSC Euribia’, marks a paradigm shift for cruising, the company said. This proves that net-zero [Read more...]
Finnish passengers put Viking Line top of the list
For the second time in a row, Finnish passengers have ranked Viking Line as the most sustainable shipping company in operation between Finland and Sweden, according to the results of the Passenger Transport Ferries 2023 survey. Nearly 50% of those [Read more...]
New packaging being trialled on board Carnival cruise ships
A new pilot programme is introducing closed-loop packaging on board Carnival Cruise Line (CCL) ships through a collaboration with spirits company Bacardi and circular economy technology company ecoSPIRITS. The trials will determine if re-usable containers developed by ecoSPIRITS [Read more...]
Port of Turku joins city’s environmental work
Last June, the Port of Turku joined Turku’s city climate team, which has set the goal of being carbon neutral in 2029. Turku’s port has been undertaking systematic environmental work for a long time. Mitigation of climate change, [Read more...]
NGF to meet criteria for new stringent emission regulations
New stringent emission regulations (zero NOX and CO2 emissions) have recently been announced for cruise ships sailing in the Norwegian World Heritage Fjords. They will be implemented from the 1st January, 2026. Startup cruise company, Nice [Read more...]
Cunard’s fleet fitted with shore power systems
Cunard has fitted shore power connection equipment to its fleet of three ships. The cruise line’s fourth ship, ‘Queen Anne’, is set to undertake her maiden voyage in May, 2024, and will have the technology installed before she [Read more...]
Cepsa to supply biofuels to Strait of Gibraltar ferries
Spanish energy company, Cepsa is to supply biofuels to ferry operator Naviera Armas Trasmediterránea at Algeciras. A total of 84 voyages are covered by the contract. The biofuels are produced at the San Roque Energy Park (Campo de [Read more...]
Mein Schiff tests low carbon fuel blend
Danish bunker supplier, Bunker One has conducted the first bunkering of B30-blend fuel on TUI Cruises’ ‘Mein Schiff 4’, while the vessel was berthed at Aarhus, while she was on a cruise to the Svalbard islands. A gasoil blend [Read more...]
MSC highlights its sustainability progress
MSC Cruises has published its 2022 Sustainability Report, highlighting its progress in sustainability practices through the year. The sustainability strategy is based on the material assessment carried out in 2019 and revisited in 2021. This process [Read more...]