CRUISE LINES HAVE STARTED MAKING A CONCIOUS EFFORT TO REDUCE THEIR CARBON FOOTPRINT. Many cruise lines are designing some of their new ships to run Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) which is more environmentally friendly as its one of cleanest burning marine fuels. LNG fuel helps reduce a cruise ship’s carbon emission by approximately 30% and largely eliminates particulate matter from the ship’s exhaust. The first passenger ship to employ LNG was...

In almost every month in 2022, there has been a blockbuster launch of a new cruise ship. Costa Toscana made her debut in the Mediterranean in Jan, Wonder of the Seas - the World’s largest ship - launched in the Caribbean in March, Celebrity Beyond & Discovery Princess set sail in April, Disney Wish was christened in June, Norwegian Prima will sail at the end of this month and MSC...

After two years of a life-altering pandemic, the world in general has been fervently hoping and looking forward to better days ahead.  And for those of us who are cruise aficionados, the pandemic might have put a stop to our cruise vacation plans, but there is no stopping the wheel of innovation and changes fueling the global cruise industry. The world’s leading cruise lines have gone ahead with designing and building...

Cruising as an industry has always been subjected to both – the world’s admiration for it’s ever-increasing scale of grandeur and innovation, and censure for the startling figures associated with marine pollution. Like everything else, the global cruising industry has taken this in stride, with their newest vessels designed with the key focus of reducing emissions. Leading cruise liners have launched ships in the recent years that run on Liquified...