Lng Powered Cruise Ships

Carnival Corporation is planning seven cruise ships powered by liquefied natural gas LNG.

Lng powered cruise ships. Due to begin cruising around the Canary Islands in December 2018 the AIDAnova will be the first cruise ship in the world able to operate in ports and at sea powered by LNG fuel. It has been Designed by Wärtsila Ship Design. Anne Kalosh Oct 31 2019.

As Royal Caribbeans first LNG-powered cruise ship Icon of the Seas marks the cruise line joining other lines like AIDA Cruises Costa Cruises PO Cruises and more recently MSC Cruises which have all launched LNG-powered ships. In December Carnival Cruise Line took delivery of AIDAnova the first LNG-powered cruise ship. MSC Cruises LNG powered vessels will be amongst the most technologically advanced cruise ships in the world bringing a range of environmental innovations to the market.

The most commonly used liquefied natural gas LNG engine used by cruise ships and cargo vessels today emits as much as 82 percent more greenhouse gas over the short-term compared to. The seven Carnival Corp. Hurtigruten also plans to utilize a custom-built bunkering vessel in Bergen to fuel these ships with.

MSC Cruises and STX France signed a letter of intent last June to build up to four LNG-fuelled cruise ships part of the companys plan for 11 new next-generation cruise ships over the next 10 years. There are now about 20 new LNG-fuelled cruise ships on order with all the major cruise companies Carnival MSC Disney Royal Caribbean and TUI betting big on the technology. The cruise liners first LNG-powered cruise ship is to enter service in 2022.

This will be the first time LNG in dual-fuel engines will be used in the cruise industry to power ships both in port and at sea. In 2018 AIDAnova launched as the first cruise ship in the world powered by LNG both at sea and in port. Total also will bunker the ships sailing on Mediterranean routes by ship-to-ship transfer.

Total will provide 45000 tons of LNG fuel a year for the three upcoming vessels. It is also the first cruise ship to use an LNG-powered fuel cell. It recently confirmed a deal with Shell to supply LNG for the first two of those ships which are.