Growth and sustainability go hand in hand, said Cruise Line International Association (CLIA) Chair Adam Goldstein, stressing the importance of protecting the marine environment and the global cruise industry’s commitment to sustainable tourism efforts.Speaking at both...
Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, president and CEO of Celebrity Cruises explains how the company is committed to reducing their environmental footprint using emission reducing technologies such as air lubrication. Read the full...
While electric vehicles are seen as the future for road transport, the same can’t be said for the shipping industry.Batteries can’t yet power 100,000-ton container ships from one side of the world to the other, so ships’ engines look set to rely on fossil fuels for...
Ship technology firms have been toying with the idea of air lubrication for more than 100 years. Now, as new regulations and concerns about the environment drive investment decisions, the concept may finally catch on.When the price of oil rises, so does demand for...
SHIPPING IS A DIRTY BUSINESS. Since the late 19th century, when steam replaced wind as the main means of propulsion, ships have relied on filthy fossil fuels. Coal-fired steam has given way to internal-combustion engines. But these still burn stuff that is so gunky as...
There are any number of technologies that claim to provide substantial fuel savings for ships, but how well verified or real these are is often harder to quantify. Silverstream technologies specialises solely in installing air lubrication technology on vessels...
