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ACL to Launch Riverboat Pair in 2021 ied for its 2020 debut in New Orleans.

The two riverboats coming next year will be sister ships to the American Harmony and American Jazz, but will feature new design elements to be unveiled later this year.

All three new ships are being built at Chesapeake

Shipbuilding in Salisbury, Md. an af? liate of American

Cruise Lines.

American’s series of modern riverboats ushered in a new era of river cruising in the U.S. The line introduced the country’s ? rst modern riverboat in 2018, with the debut of the series ? agship, American Song. The second modern

Credit: American Cruise Lines riverboat, American Harmony, was introduced in 2019

American Cruise Lines plans to launch two additional and the third, American Jazz, begins cruising the Missis- modern riverboats for the 2021 season. Construction is al- sippi in 2020. American Cruise Lines has introduced ? ve ready underway on the new riverboats and will ramp up as new ships since 2017, including new coastal ships, and will

American Jazz, the Line’s third modern riverboat, is read- have 14 ships cruising in 2021.

All-electric Harbor Clean-up Boat

The Waste Cleaner 66 – billed as the world’s most powerful all-electric boat designed for cleaning up pollution in inland waterways and harbors – was unveiled at the end of 2019.

The unique vessel is powered by a Torqeedo 25kW Deep Blue motor with a 40 kWh Deep

Blue battery, which provides up to eight hours of endurance at a cleaning speed of two knots.

The 20-foot aluminum boat, built at

EFINOR’s shipyard in Paimpol, uses patented technology to retrieve up to 1,100 pounds of solid waste and 263 gallons of liquid waste, including hydrocarbons like oil or fuel spills.

The patented clean-up system automatically separates water and hydrocarbons to eliminate emulsi? cation.

The boat is designed for operation in inland waterways, harbors and coastal waters, includ- ing jetties and tight corners where access is dif- ? cult. The versatile platform can conduct suc- tion at halt or when moving, either forward or in reverse. It can be trailered for road transport and has a single point of lifting for easy launch- ing and recovery.

Credit: Torqeedo

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