Cruises & Environment Scrubbers are not the solution

Hamburg. The environmental issues of cruise ships can be seen in two ways. On the one hand, the health and climate damaging pollutants from commonly used fuels that were described in last week's Part 1, and on the other hand, the issue of high energy and water consumption as well as waste disposal on the ships. This second part is about the announcements and already implemented measures by cruise lines that should relieve the strain on the environment, especially during the cruise giants' downtimes.

Hamburg. The Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union has just presented their current "Cruise Ranking 2014", with one good and one bad bit of news: The positive is that the protests by the environmentalists are show effecting against the "white giants" who, with their exhaust gases, apparently belong among the greatest environment polluters worldwide. As a frontrunner, the AIDA Cruises cruise line has adopted a hefty 100 million Euro environmental programme and on average, there are clearly improved assessments in comparison the year before. In contrast, the negative is the fact that of the 28 new constructions for the European cruise market in the period from 2014 to 2019, over half will still have no exhaust gas systems and will continue to use the cancer-causing heavy oil that is harmful to the environment. The "floating hotels" must still catch up with the "land hotels" as this article today and another to follow will demonstrate.