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Session 2 - Cruise Stream
What’s next for the cruise industry – taking a look at the latest in sustainable cruise ships
VALERIA MANGIAROTTI
BIOGRAPHY
Marketing Manager – ADSP “Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sardegna” (Port Network Authority of the Sardinian Sea). Valeria started her professional career in Port of Cagliari in 2002 and first was a lawyer in legal office in Milan. She involved in the cruise industry in 2004. She holds a degree in law from the Catholic University of Milan Italy. she became a lawyer in 1992 in the Court of Appeal of Milan. She attended a master in common law at London school of economic London. UK
She was a vice president of MedCruise, the Association of the Mediterranean Cruise ports between 2005 and 2008; she was in a board of MEDCRUISE like a director of environment from 2008- 2011. From 2013 she has a delegate for environment from MedCruise. From October 2017 she is the Director sustainability/ environmental issue of the Board of MedCruise, from October 2020 is Senior Vice president of MedCruise.
From November 2021 she is a director of technical environmental solutions of MedCruise.
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LINDEN COPPELL
Director of Sustainability, MSC Cruise
BIOGRAPHY
As Director of Sustainability, Linden aims to ensure that MSC Cruises grows in a sustainable way. In this role, Linden works in collaboration with numerous internal and external partners. She established the Executive Chairman-led Sustainable Advisory Board, responsible for approving actions to meet the sustainability goals of the business and ensuring sustainability is embedded across the entire organisation.
Linden has a solid background in environmental protection and sustainability, with experience both as a consultant and in the corporate environment. As a consultant this included working on many diverse projects in Hong Kong and the South East Asia region, including the implementation of environmental management systems and developing environmental and sustainability reporting regimes for government and non-government clients.
She joined Cathay Pacific as the Manager Environmental Affairs in 2003 and in 2009 took up a position at Etihad Airways, initially as Head of Environment and then as Head of Sustainability for the Etihad Aviation Group.
Linden led several successful projects including instigating the voluntary carbon offset program ‘Fly Greener’ at Cathay Pacific and leading the drive towards sustainable alternative fuels at Etihad. The latter including facilitating the longest flight using alternative fuels into the Middle East in 2014 and then enabling a flight powered using sustainable biomass grown and refined into jet fuel in the UAE, a first for the region.
ROLF ANDRE SANDVIK
CEO, Northern Xplorer
BIOGRAPHY
Northern Xplorer CEO and founder Rolf André Sandvik is a master mariner with extensive experience from cruise lines NCL and Crystal Cruises. For several years he was also VP Destination Development. Latterly he founded travel company The Fjords, based in Flåm in western Norway, where as CEO he ushered in a new era of environmentally friendly sightseeing, commissioning the hybrid electric vessels Vision of the Fjords (built 2016) and Future of the Fjords (built 2018). Each vessel can accommodate up to 400 passengers on noiseless, pollution-free journeys in the UNESCO-listed Nærøyfjord. Constructed by specialist Norwegian shipbuilder Brødrene Aa, both vessels won the ‘Ship of the Year’ award during maritime trade fair SMM in Hamburg in their respective delivery years.
A zero-emissions luxury cruise line in the making
Northern Xplorer AS (NX) launched its zero-emission, luxury cruise concept in December 2021. The Oslo-based company aims to open the door to unique communities, natural attractions and experiences in the Nordic countries featuring advanced vessels that are 100% green.
This is a new type of experience cruising providing immersive, enriching experiences for those interested in responsible, low-impact travel. Activities will include interacting with local communities through cultural activities and social dining in small groups. The concept is exclusive yet accessible, intimate yet open, and firmly focused on delivering value for all stakeholders.
NX also aims to disrupt the mainstream mass market by focusing harbours that large ships cannot access, with attention to detail in service and bespoke activities that support local employment and innovation.
The current plan is for a series of 14 identical ships accommodating up to 300 passengers, and featuring transformative clean technologies including fully electric propulsion, battery energy storage, hydrogen fuel cells and auxiliary renewable energy supply (wind and solar power). The timing is perfect in view of availability at shipyards, pent-up demand and increasingly sustainability-conscious consumers and investors.
The first vessels are intended to be operational from 2024/2025, well in advance of new zeroemission regulations affecting Norway’s world-heritage fjords from 2026. Future expansion will provide a gateway to other Nordic destinations both coastal and on navigable waterways inland.
The project also serves to showcase Norway as a crucible for cleantech and its leading role in driving the green transition of maritime, technologically and politically.
ROBERTO BRUZZONE
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Genoa, Italy, Roberto Bruzzone is the Senior Vice President of Marine Operations for Silversea Cruises.
Bruzzone has extensive experience in the shipbuilding industry, having held various positions at major international cruise lines in a successful career that has spanned almost 20 years.
Following a five-year stint as Vice President of Technical Operations at a major cruise corporation—part of a 14-year period at the same company—Bruzzone took the position of Chief Operating Officer to oversee the company acting as the Newbuilding Division of another major cruise line holding, managing large teams of professionals in a position of great responsibility.
A Chartered Naval Architect and Marine Engineer with a Master’s Degree in the field, as well as an Executive Master’s in Business Administration at the London Business School, Roberto has studied in America, Italy and London. He is a Member of both the Lloyds Register Technical Committee and the RINA Technical Committee.
Bruzzone speaks Italian and English fluently.
THE NOVA WAY: SILVERSEA CRUISES’ PIONEERING JOURNEY INTO THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE CRUISING
Silversea Cruises is recognised as an innovator in the ultra-luxury cruise industry. As part of Royal Caribbean Group, Silversea is committed creating a more sustainable cruise industry, achieving net zero carbon emission cruising by 2050. The Group has already reduced greenhouse gas emissions 35% below 2005 levels and continues to invest in pioneering sustainability initiatives. Outlined in its annual ‘Seastainability Report’ for 2021, Royal Caribbean Group states how it will build on the progress already made towards reducing its carbon footprint, detailing a comprehensive roadmap for reaching ‘Destination Net Zero’. Its main pillars of focus are emissions reduction, destination stewardship, sustainable sourcing, and waste. Silversea’s new Nova Class of ships – Silver Nova, due to launch in 2023, and Silver Ray, due 2024 – will employ cutting-edge, unprecedented technological innovations that will enable the ships to be among the most environmentally conscious cruise ships ever built – a testament to Silversea Cruises and Royal Caribbean Group’s commitment towards environmental sustainability.
SILVER NOVA: PUSHING BOUNDARIES IN SUSTAINABLE CRUISE TRAVEL
Silver Nova is set to evolve the landscape of sustainable cruising when she launches in 2023 as Silversea’s twelfth ship. One of the most spacious cruise ships ever built, she will have a spaceto-guest ratio of 75 GRT-per-passenger – the highest in Silversea’s fleet – offering one of the
most personalised services at sea with a 1:1.3 crew-to-guest ratio, as well as the line’s butler services for all suites. The ship will have a travel capacity of 728 guests and a gross tonnage of 54,700 tons. More importantly, she will be the world’s first low-emissions cruise ship with advanced hybrid technology that includes fuel cells, as well as the first ship to be free of local emissions at port. Operating using a trio of power sources, including a fuel cell system, battery technology and dual fuel engines that use liquified natural gas (LNG) as the main fuel, Silver Nova will position Silversea and Royal Caribbean Group at the forefront of sustainable cruising for years to come.
THE NOVA CLASS: SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES
The Nova Class, developed in partnership with Meyer Werft Shipyard, will include the following features:
• Fuel Cell System
The largest of its kind, this unprecedented hydrogen-based technology will supplement the main power supply and carry the ship’s total hotel load as the first large-scale fuel-cell installation at sea in the cruise industry. Each of the eight fuel cell modules will have an output of 500 KW, for a combined total of four megawatts.
The new hybrid technology will eliminate local emissions in port. Freudenberg, can be credited for designing Silver Nova’s fuel cell system and batteries, working closely with Meyer Werft and Silversea/Royal Caribbean Group.
• LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas)
LNG-fueled propulsion systems emit less CO2 and 97% fewer particulates than normal fuel oil used on ships. LNG fuel is less harmful to the surrounding environment as it releases zero sulfur dioxide emissions, with up to 50% reduction in Nitrogen Oxides emissions (MARPOL NOx tier III) and 20-30% in Carbon Emissions. This makes LNG the cleanest fossil fuel available.
• Battery
A bank of batteries supports by optimising the overall ship power system, increasing the overall energy efficiency and saving fuel. Batteries will compensate for the electrical load fluctuations (peak shaving) and therefore optimise the overall ship power system and energy consumption, allowing the ship to run the engines at optimal load.
• Waste to Energy
A newly developed Micro Auto Gasification System (MAGS) will reduce onboard waste volume, resulting in lower incineration emissions. MAGS is the world’s most compact, efficient, and environmentally safe technology for the conversion of waste into thermal energy for use by the site where the waste is generated.
MAGS can be used to burn waste produced by the ship or turn it into gas, while sterilizing the inorganic portion of the waste. MAGS thermally breaks down waste and transformsit into a solid carbon material (biochar) and a synthesis gas (syngas). The syngas becomes the main fuel source for MAGS. This results in a reduction of landed waste and lower incineration emissions. In addition to on-board recycling, MAGS reduces the environmental impact from our waste by: - Reducing air emissions from waste system - Eliminating untreated overboard discharge - Eliminating waste going to landfills A state-of-the-art waste-heat recovery system in the main engines allows the ships to use waste heat in several locations, such as in absorption chillers and with this improve the overall energy efficiency of the ships. Additionally, multi-compressor
chillers will optimise the chilled water system, ensuring that the ships are at the ideal COP performance area in all operational situations. This reduces the energy consumption of the HVAC system and optimizes the overall energy consumption.
• Progress to Carbon Neutral Construction
In partnership with Meyer Werft Shipyard, Silver Nova is thoughtfully designed and built taking into consideration the carbon footprint of ship construction and creating a path to overall reduction. Meyer Werft is now one of the most environmentally friendly shipyards in Europe and is building the Nova class ships in collaboration with
Royal Caribbean Group, using unprecedented technological solutions and respecting carbon-controlled processes.
The new hybrid technology will not only secure zero local harmful emissions while at berth; it will also be crucial in helping the Nova Class achieve a 40% overall reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions per double occupancy when compared to the brand’s previous class of ships. Thanks to the hydro-dynamically optimized hull and propulsion design, Silver Nova will have a better hydrodynamic performance and will therefore consume less fuel, being 30% more fuel efficient per passenger day. The ship class is also projected to achieve an Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) rating approximately 25% better than applicable International Maritime Organization (IMO) requirements.
The Nova Class is therefore a quantum step that builds on the Meyer Werft’s experience and expertise in this field. The Nova Class fleet is the latest example of Silversea’s ongoing effort to offer travelers an ultra-luxurious experience while simultaneously protecting the treasured destinations it visits and the communities it serves. The launch of Nova Class is the first step of a long-term journey undertaken by Silversea Cruises and Royal Caribbean Group to rethink and reimagine the future of the cruising industry under a more sustainable lens.
About Silversea Cruises
Silversea Cruises is recognized as an innovator in the ultra-luxury cruise industry, offering guests large-ship amenities aboard its intimate, all-suite vessels: Silver Dawn., Silver Shadow., Silver Whisper®, Silver Spirit®, Silver Muse®, and Silver Moon.—all designed to offer an atmosphere of conviviality and casual elegance. With the inclusion of the expedition ships Silver Endeavour., Silver Origin®, Silver Wind®, Silver Explorer®, and Silver Cloud®, Silversea’s itineraries encompass all seven continents and feature worldwide luxury cruises to the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, the Galápagos, both Polar Regions, and hundreds of fascinating destinations in between. Silversea is also looking forward to the launch of two new ultra-luxury Nova-class ships—Silver Nova. and Silver Ray.. Silversea Cruises is one of Royal Caribbean Group’s (NYSE: RCL) five cruise brands.
About Royal Caribbean Group
Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) is one of the leading cruise companies in the world with a global fleet of 64 ships traveling to approximately 1,000 destinations around the world. Royal Caribbean Group is the owner and operator of three award-winning cruise brands: Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Silversea Cruises, and it is also a 50% owner of a joint venture that operates TUI Cruises and Hapag-Lloyd Cruises. Together, the brands have an additional 10 ships on order as of June 30, 2022.
Learn more at www.royalcaribbeangroup.com or www.rclinvestor.com.
APPENDIX
Key Dates:
Steel cutting: November 18, 2021
Expected delivery: Summer 2023
General Specifications:
Silver Nova is being built by Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany
Total guest capacity: 728
Crew capacity: 556
Total suites: 364
Crew-to-guest ratio: 1:1.3
Tonnage: 54,700
GRT Space-to-guest ratio: 75 GRT-per-guest
Speed: 19.4 knots
Passenger decks: 9
Number of restaurants: 8
Suites with private verandas: 100%
Length overall: 244.2m (801 feet)
Width: 29.6m (97 feet)
Flag: Bahamas
