Lng Powered Cruise Ships
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.
Lng powered cruise ships. Steel was cut today for MSC Cruises newly named first World Class newbuild. LNG-powered ships for Carnival Cruise Line and PO Cruises UK will follow in 2020. 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.
Chief amongst these is a 50-kilowatt LNG-powered solid oxide fuel cell technology project that offers a potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by a further 25 compared to a conventional LNG engine. The seven Carnival Corp. It will also put its second LNG vessel the Costa Smeralda into operation this summer.
LNG newbuilds on order will either be built at Meyer Werft in Germany or Meyer Turku in Finland. Rem Eir the worlds largest LNG powered vessel has been built at Kleven Vreft shipyard and is owned by Remøy Shipping. MS Nord-Norge MS Nordlys MDNordkapp MS Kong Harald MS Richard With and MS Polarlys.
Chantiers de lAtlantique is poised to integrate the first LNG-powered fuel cell aboard a cruise ship MSC Europa. The 205700gt MSC Europa. Hurtigruten also plans to utilize a custom-built bunkering vessel in Bergen to fuel these ships with.
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. MS Nord-Norge MS Nordlys MDNordkapp MS Kong Harald MS Richard With and MS Polarlys. The first of the ships on order are planned to set sail in 2020.
LNG bunkering will take place in Marseille France. Costa Cruises and AIDA Cruises will each receive an additional LNG-powered ship in 2021 followed by an additional LNG-powered ship for Carnival Cruise Line in 2022. It is also the first cruise ship to use an LNG-powered fuel cell.
