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Mirkka Lindroos
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PUSH FOR THE GREEN HORIZON
Cruise lines do not have the best environmental record around. The
industry has a troubled past which includes dumping waste where
it doesn’t belong and endangering, for example, fragile reefs in
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the process. Times are changing, however, and the Cruise Lines
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International Association (CLIA) claims that the cruise business has
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reformed itself. According to CLIA, the cruise industry has been
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very proactive in its efforts to minimise all types of pollution at sea.
Things have certainly been moving in the right direction as
state-of-the-art environmental equipment is now standard on the
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ships. There are grinders for food and product waste, separators
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for galley products and recycling, crushers for glass, aluminium and
cardboard materials; incinerators for food, cardboard, paper and
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other waste by-products; and sophisticated engine room equipment to reduce or eliminate liquid discharge.
Still, in the Climate Change Era, a huge cruise ship does not
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the Oasis-class behemoths, the executives of RCCL understood full
them bigger than Royal Caribbean – and nobody has more to lose
if the public suddenly turns its back on the ships. While designing
well that the world would be looking at these ships with a magnifying glass. Therefore, the entire project was geared towards
making a ship duo that would possess a decidedly green streak.
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RCCL even hired an environmentalist guru to lead the eco-charge.
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The STX Europe’s shipyard in Turku embraced the challenge
of making its most environmental cruiser yet – and succeeded in
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the task. Per passenger, Oasis of the Seas boasts a 15 % – 25 %
energy and carbon footprint improvement in comparison to its
predecessors.
The footprint is brought down by using the latest commercially available equipment, such as common rail diesel technology
for emission control. The ship is also equipped for alternative fuels.
The green upgrades have garnered appro ٥