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Advice to merchant shipping from the men behind the cruise sector’s first zero emissions vessel

September 9, 2022

Battery and hydrogen fuel cell technology exist today to take merchant shipping to zero emissions, it just needs the hand of government, charterers and some pioneering shipowners to make it happen. That’s the message from two men responsible for one of the big announcements from the giant SMM shipping exhibition in Hamburg this week.

Splash reported yesterday on Norwegian cruise venture Northern Xplorer signing a letter of intent with Portuguese shipbuilder West Sea to construct what the company says will be the world’s first zero-emission cruise ship.

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