Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 02/2023
Joined forces towards decarbonisation of the cruise industry
Costa Group, part of Carnival Corporation and Europe’s leading cruise operator with its two brands’ Costa Cruises and AIDA Cruises, and the methanol producer, Proman, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to drive further the implementation of methanol as a marine fuel for the cruise industry. The partnership aims to accelerate the energy transition and decarbonisation of the existing fleet by enhancing the supply of sustainable methanol, paving the way for the retrofitting of existing vessels to operate on clean fuel, as well as investment in further methanol-fuelled newbuildings....