Hybrid Powered Cruise Ship
This week VPO Global visited the small Norwegian city of Tromso to get a glimpse into how Hurtigrutens latest ship is setting new standards for fuel-efficient and cleaner propulsion.
Hybrid powered cruise ship. Hurtigruten introduced the worlds first hybrid battery powered cruise ships the MS Roald Amundsen this summer. This opens a new chapter in maritime history. Hurtigrutens hybrid electric-powered MS Roald Amundsen.
Fast forward 137 years and Norwegian cruise line Hurtigruten has launched the worlds first hybrid-powered cruise ship named Roald Amundsen after the explorer. September 08 2016. After completing the 2019-20 Antarctica season the newbuild will spend the 2020 summer season in Alaska.
The hybrid powered expedition cruise ship is using battery packs to support her low-emission engines and will reduce CO2 emissions with more than 20 compared to other cruise ships of the same size. T he worlds. Hurtigruten will debut a second hybrid-powered ship the MS Fridtjof Nansen in 2020.
055 Cruise ship powered by battery to set sail on maiden voyage Cruise ship powered by battery to set sail on maiden voyage Jul 1 2019 The vessel is the first of two such hybrid ships. As the first hybrid-electric powered cruise ship MS Roald Amundsen from Norwegian shipping company Hurtigruten was introduced in 2019. Hurtigrutens ground-breaking ships employ the same hybrid technology which combined with increased fuel efficiency and other green technology will reduce fuel.
A newbuild hybrid battery-powered expedition cruise ship belonging to Hurtigruten Expeditions has been named in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard making history as the northernmost naming. In 2020 she is followed by sister ship MS Fridtjof Nansen. Hurtigruten launched the MS Roald Amundsen in 2019 the first of a series of hybrid-battery powered expedition cruise ships.
Hurtigruten Norwegian coastal cruise operator Hurtigruten introduced what the company says is the worlds first hybrid electric-powered expedition ship this year. A third as-yet unnamed hybrid-powered ship will be delivered in 2021. MS Roald Amundsen is the first cruise ship equipped with batteries something deemed impossible.
