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John Hae? inger, Carnival Corp.

oices “Low emission” ships are clearly not a silver bullet concept. “Gadget” solutions like small scale solar panels will not move the needle. Future designs will need to incorporate a broad suite of technologies to further reduce the environmental footprint of ships and will need to address all airborne and waterborne emissions; not just those currently regulated.

of passengers globally. However in the “Looking 2-10 years ahead, we have past ? ve years, Hae? inger concedes that clearly committed to emissions reduc- “our leading investment in and devel- tions through our decision to invest bil- opment of Exhaust Gas Cleaning Sys- lions of dollars in LNG powered ships (7 tems (EGCS) has been the ‘lead story,’ of them currently on order),” said Hae- systems that will continue to deliver air ? inger. “These ships will run on LNG emission improvements well into the while alongside and at sea – resulting next “Global ECA” decade.” in a reduced GHG footprint relative to

With environmental standards grow- conventional ships.” To illustrate Carni- ing increasingly tighter, he concedes val’s commitment, Hae? inger puts the that there is no silver bullet solution, investment in perspective: “By 2020, instead a mixed bag of technology and we will have invested well over $1 bil- technique that must be jointly developed lion in environmental upgrades to our and deployed to meet and exceed envi- ships, including the energy ef? ciency ronmental goals. and EGCS investments.” 36 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • OCTOBER 2017

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