Tuesday 2, 2020: P&O IONA and Norwegian Star in 'Meeting the new generation'

English: Meeting the New Generation P&O IONA is one of ten LNG ships of Carnival Corporation on order. P&O Cruises’ new ship Iona has arrived in Rotterdam, Netherlands for inspection work after undergoing final outfitting in Bremerhaven, Germany. The newbuild, which is being built by Meyer Werft, departed from the Columbus-kaje Pier in Bremerhaven on 30 May. The voyage was also used to perform several technical and nautical test runs in the North Sea. Work onboard the vessel was temporarily interrupted in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the Bremerhaven Port Authority, Port Medical Service and Meyer Werft were able to draw up a joint plan to allow outfitting work to continue if employees adhere to social distancing restrictions. Meyer Werft and P&O Cruises are currently working on a revised delivery date following the delays. Why More LNG-Powered Cruise Ships Are Being Built? Since cruise ships have been in business, they have been primarily powered by HFO (heavy fuel oil) in diesel engines and MGO (marine gas oil) for gas turbine engines. There are some locations that put a cap on a ship’s fuel emissions in order to preserve nature (primarily the Arctic regions). Starting in 2015, cruise lines began looking at better fuel alternatives, one of which is LNG (liquefied natural gas). In the years to come, many other cruise lines have a few LNG-powered cruise ships on order. What Cruise Lines Are Ordering LNG-Powered Ships? Carnival Corporation was the first to bite the bullet. Carnival owns AIDA, a cruise line based out of Germany. They currently own two ships that run on LNG while docked (AIDAprima and AIDAperla), and a third ship, AIDAnova, the first cruise ship to run on LNG at port and at sea. Costa Cruises, also owned by Carnival, will be launching in November of this year Costa Smeralda, the first of Costa’s fleet completely powered by LNG. Since purchasing these three ships, Carnival has on order ten more LNG-powered cruise ships, all to be delivered anywhere between now and 2026. Two of those 10 are for Costa Cruises, two are for AIDA, and two for Carnival Cruise Line. MSC Cruises, Disney Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean, and TUI has also risen to the occasion and put on order several LNG-powered ships for their own fleets. Even with the obstacles of using LNG-powered cruise ships, the competition to using sustainable practices to help the environment is strong. As of now, the current order for LNG-powered cruise ships makes up about half of the standard order for cruise ships each year. Dutch: Meeting the New Generation P&O IONA is een van de tien LNG-schepen van Carnival Corporation in bestelling. Het nieuwe schip van P&O Cruises, Iona, is op 2juni 2020 aangekomen in Rotterdam voor inspectiewerk na een definitieve afbouw in Bremerhaven, Duitsland. De nieuweling, die door Meyer Werft werd gebouwd, vertrok op 30 mei vanaf de Columbus-kaje Pier in Bremerhaven. De reis werd ook gebruikt om verschillende technische en nautische proefvaarten in de Noordzee uit te voeren. De werkzaamheden aan boord van het schip moesten in maart tijdelijk onderbroken worden vanwege de Covid-19-pandemie. Het Havenbedrijf Bremerhaven, Port Medical Service en Meyer Werft wisten echter een gezamenlijk plan op te stellen om de afbouw te laten doorgaan als werknemers zich houden aan sociale afstandsbeperkingen. Meyer Werft en P&O Cruises werken momenteel aan een herziene leverdatum na de vertragingen. Waarom worden er meer LNG-aangedreven cruiseschepen gebouwd? Sinds cruiseschepen actief zijn, worden ze voornamelijk aangedreven door HFO (zware stookolie) in dieselmotoren en MGO (scheepsgasolie) voor gasturbinemotoren. Er zijn diverse locaties die de brandstofemissies van een schip beperken om de natuur te beschermen (voornamelijk de Arctische gebieden). Vanaf 2015 gingen cruisemaatschappijen op zoek naar betere brandstofalternatieven, waaronder LNG (liquefied natural gas). Veel andere cruisemaatschappijen hebben de komende jaren een aantal door LNG aangedreven cruiseschepen in bestelling. #MeyerWerft, #Damen-Verolme, #Dockyard, #P&O, #CruiseShip, #CruiseTerminalRotterdam, #CruiseportRotterdam, #ION, #Norwegian, #NorwegianStar, #TugBoat #LNG, #Tanker