The leading cruise shipping group Carnival heavily bets on scrubbers to reduce emissions. Today, more than the half of its 102 vessels fleet is equipped with exhaust gas cleaning systems.
The US-listed company announced it has completed the installation and certification of Exhau[ds_preview]st Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS) on 60 ships across its brands. »Representing a $400 million investment to date, the company is on track to develop and deploy its systems on more than 85 vessels across its global fleet through 2020 – significantly improving the quality of air emissions from its ships and reinforcing its environmental commitment«, it was said.
Mike Kaczmarek, vice president of corporate marine technology for Carnival Corporation, said: »Due to the success we have had with improving air quality with our systems, we have expanded our commitment to install and deploy this technology from an original 32 vessels to over 85 through the end of 2020.«
Scrubbers are currently installed and certified on 17 Carnival Cruise Line vessels, 13 Holland America Line vessels, 10 Princess Cruises vessels, seven Costa Cruises vessels, five AIDA Cruises vessels, four P&O Cruises UK vessels, three Cunard vessels and one P&O Cruises Australia vessel. The installation schedule for the remaining vessels will be forthcoming. Together, these brands operate 102 ships with 19 newbuildings scheduled to be delivered between 2017 and 2022.
»The sulfur reduction program is in line with other proactive steps Carnival Corporation has taken to reduce its carbon footprint, including the adoption of LNG«, Carnival added. In 2015, »AIDAsol« from the company‘s AIDA Cruises brand was the first cruise ship in the world to be supplied with power by an LNG Hybrid barge and, last year, the newly delivered »AIDAprima« became the first cruise ship to routinely use LNG with a dual-fuel powered engine while in port.
