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Cruise operator Hurtigruten Norway has initiated one of Europe's largest environmental ship upgrades, with rebuilt ships set to cut CO2 emissions by 25% and NOx emissions by as much as 80%.
| 10 Mar 2022
Cruise operator Hurtigruten Norway has initiated one of Europe's largest environmental ship upgrades, with rebuilt ships set to cut CO2 emissions by 25% and NOx emissions by as much as 80%.
With the upgrades, to be completed in 2023, Hurtigruten will offer greener sailing on all seven of its Norwegian Coastal Express ships.
"This is the largest environmental upgrade in Hurtigruten's history, and one of the largest of its kind in Europe, said Hedda Felin, CEO, Hurtigruten Norway.
“This will make a real impact in reducing emissions in Norwegian waters. The fact that such an investment also leads to ripple effects in the local communities along the coast, is something we are very proud of.”
Three of the seven ships will be converted to hybrid ships. The first one is MS Richard With, which is currently at Myklebust Yard in northwestern Norway, where the ship will be fitted with brand new main engines and battery packs. The same will also be done onboard the MS Kong Harald and MS Nordlys.
Three other ships – MS Nordnorge, MS Nordkapp and MS Polarlys – will also be upgraded, and have SCR facilities installed onboard. The last ship in the fleet, MS Vesterålen, was upgraded with brand new engines and SCR facilities already in 2019.
“Our goal is zero emissions,” said Felin. “But the technology is not mature enough yet, and we must do what we can to cut emissions with the best technology available today and extend the service life of the iconic ships we have in our fleet.”
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