Norwegian Breakaway incorporates battery of energy saving features
Norwegian Cruise Line (NLC) says its newest ship, Norwegian Breakaway, currently under construction at German shipyard Meter Werft. The 4,000-passenger ship, to be delivered on 25 April, will incorporate a battery of emission reducing, energy saving and enhanced safety systems.
“Being environmentally conscious is of the utmost importance to us at Norwegian as we have demonstrated with our state of the art environment practices and technology in place across our fleet,” saysKevin Sheehan, Norwegian Cruise Line’s Chief Executive Officer. “Norwegian Breakaway features a number of environmentally friendly attributes in line with our Eco-Smart Cruising philosophy. We are proud that with these technologies we continue to lead the way in ship innovation and reduction of our carbon footprint.”
Ship operators are likely to be particularly in the the company’s decision to use a waste oil recovery system. Its VP for newbuildings, Christer Karlsson, has been quoted by Setrade as saying: “We’re using Alfa Laval’s new waste oil separator, PureDry, which we have high hopes for. Instead of burning or landing our sludge, we can take care of it in a much better way and even put some of it back in the fuel tanks.’
He added: “The environmental saving is combined with a financial savings. We expect PureDry to save us 100,000 in Norwegian Breakaway’s first year.”
NCL also says that the ship is equipped with a new generation of ABB XO Azipods, that are smaller and more streamlined, which, together with a new Azipod Dynamic Optimizing system, “will enhance steering and turning angles, leading to a saving in fuel and reduction in emissions”. The Azipods are also equipped with a featured called an “x-tail,” which reduces fuel consumption even further.
Using Advanced Computional Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations, the underwater hull has been optimised to provide the least resistance for the average speed of the ship’s planned itineraries, enhancing the ship’s speed/power ratio by 20%.
The ship will also increase its energy efficiency and, therefore, reduce emissions, through the use of the latest generation of silicon-based antifouling paint on the ship’s hull.
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Source: Worldbunkering
