Carnival Corporation will roll out Service Energy Packs across its global fleet to achieve its 2030 sustainability goals and 2050 aspirations to become carbon neutral.
The energy packages will enable Carnival Corporation to save up to US$150 million annually in fuel costs and include onboard lighting upgrades, more efficient air conditioning systems and automation of ship systems.
Carnival Corporation will save $150 million in annual fuel costs
Cruise companies are investing heavily in making their ships more efficient, ensuring they manage the goals set out in the 2050 sustainability goals, which include being carbon neutral by that year.
To achieve this, Carnival Corporation will roll out new energy-saving packages across its global fleet by 2023. Cruise lines that will benefit from the upgraded systems include Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Seabourn, P&O Cruises (Australia), Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises, P&O Cruises (UK) and Cunard.
Once installed, the new upgrades will be able to deliver fuel savings of up to 5-10% per year, reducing greenhouse emissions by more than 500,000 metric tons. The program doesn’t just mean environmental benefits; the financial growth is significant.
The fuel savings will enable Carnival Corporation to save over $150 million a year, a massive amount, and welcome rising fuel prices around the world.
The company’s efforts to reduce emissions began in 2011, when the world’s largest cruise line saw the largest amount of pollution in its history. Since then, the company has removed several older ships from its fleet, invested $350 million in energy efficiency improvements and introduced six LNG powered cruise ships:
Bill Burke, Chief Maritime Officer for Carnival Corporation: “Based on our improved fleet composition, including the addition of six industry-leading LNG-powered vessels, and our previous investments to increase efficiency and reduce emissions, our absolute carbon emissions peaked in 2011, despite growth capacity during the last decade. These tailored Service Power Packs build further on those efforts as part of our comprehensive approach to sustainability.”
What improvements will Carnival Corporation make?
The upgrades, already installed on some ships, will continue until 2023 until all ships in the fleet are covered. They include comprehensive upgrades to the HVAC systems on board each ship, which accounts for more than 25% of the ship’s energy consumption.
The air will also be filtered using new air filtration systems and ultraviolet-C treatment. Carnival will install state-of-the-art LED lighting systems, reducing energy consumption and heat generated by lighting.
All of the new systems will be controllable from shore, ensuring that the improved instrumentation and automated management systems can be maintained and operated remotely, which will ensure that all systems are working at peak performance at all times. .
Carnival is committed to achieving several environmental goals that will benefit the company financially and reduce the impact that cruise ships have on the environment. These include reducing carbon emission intensity by 20% from its 2019 baseline by 2030, and supporting its efforts and aspirations to achieving net carbon neutral ship operations by 2050.
