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CRUISE SHIPPING

RCCL Plans to Scrub Emissions into Shape

As new emission stan-

AEP inside the stack of a Royal dards enter force across

Caribbean Ship.

the commercial maritime sector, Royal Caribbean to that simple sentence. As most every- has opted to out? t 19 of one knows, cruise ships have evolved its ships with scrubbers mightily since the industry was born in the early 1970s, and there is little to no from two manufactur- space wasted aboard a modern cruise ers. This month we visit ship, which is literally packed with en- tertaining amenities and revenue gener- with Harri Kulovaara, ating spaces. Thus when Kulovarra says that to accomodate the AEP systems –

EVP, Maritime, and

Photo: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

which roughly are the size of a school

Kevin Douglas, VP, bus and add substantial weight to the

Make no mistake, the prospect of re- scrubbers on 19 of of cruise ships, ? nal- ship – that his team must carve out the

Technical Projects/New- izing a plan that will be, in the words space and move equipment, all the while ? tting a modern cruise ship with an ad- vanced emissions puri? cation (AEP) of Harri Kulovaara, “is one of the most doing as much work as possible while builds, Royal Caribbean systems, more commonly referred to as complex technical projects that we have the ship is in service and producing rev-

Cruises Ltd., to discuss a ‘scrubber,’ is not an easy or quick deci- ever started.” enue, the complexity of the job starts to

Keeping in mind that Kulovaara is take shape.

sion. the reasoning behind the

Royal Caribbean Cruises announced the long-tenured head of RCCL’s new “Just the amount of water that we need decision.

in late 2014 that it would opt to install construction program adds perspective for the system, for example, is enor- 34 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • FEBRUARY 2015

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