Can cruise ships be decarbonized? The collectives fighting against the environmental impact caused by these floating cities think not. An opinion contrary to that of cruise passengers, who believe in it thanks in particular to cleaner fuel. The International Association of Cruise Passengers in Europe has presented a strategic plan to reduce pollution from the sector on the planet.
The ambition of cruise lines is to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. By presenting a roadmap, cruise professionals are confident, and to support their words, they put forward a wide range of solutions.
The use of liquefied natural gas should make it possible to reduce CO2 emissions by 20% by 2027. But what access will they have to these fuels considered to be cleaner, on what production volumes can they count?
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A utopia ?
The International Association of Cruise Lines is also betting on hybrid engines. This involves several energy sources on board. You need space for that. Not to mention the sails, which some want to equip their liners. An equation that we imagine complicated for those concerned.
Collective Stop Cruises on the other hand, believes that the total decarbonization of these floating cities is impossible. Air and water pollution, release of methane, tons of waste thrown into the oceans etc., according to environmentalists, we can easily do without this kind of pollution.
Also to listenIn Marseille, cruise ships no longer have the wind in their sails
📷 Some images from our gathering yesterday so as not to leave @MSCcruises and cruise actors, make us believe that LNG is clean energy: it’s a climate bomb 💣
Sustainable cruising does not exist! pic.twitter.com/ve4gAC8Etp— Stop Cruises (@SCroisières) June 18, 2023