How Are Cruise Ships Powered

The majority of cruise ship cabins have a combination of US and European plug sockets with some newer ships also having USB sockets.

How are cruise ships powered. Hurtigruten operators of expedition cruises is looking to power their ships with liquefied biogas LBG which is a fossil-free renewable gas. It would offer little appeal to cruise ship operators. There are three methods.

Most vessels produce the electricity they need by using diesel engines. The first passenger ship to employ LNG was AIDAnova which debuted in 2018. Others use a combination of the two.

Built at Meyer and Neptun Shipyards in Germany and Meyer Turku in Finland AIDAnova is the first of a new generation of LNG Powered Cruise Ships for Carnival. Why not use nuclear power. A cruise ship is equal to a million cars a day.

Modern cruise ships use either gas turbine or diesel electric engines as their power source for propulsion as well as for the ships systems. Thirteen of 73 cruise ships on order to be delivered between 2017 and 2026 will be powered by LNG liquefied natural gas and the trend toward LNG-powered cruise ships is moving forward as more operators commit to the alternative fuel. Large ships capable of hauling oil rigs or multiple cargo ships are an order of magnitude worse.

Direct drive diesel electric or gas turbine. The cargo ships and oil tankers are already a threat to the environment just by their cargo let alone their pollution. KT Corporation the largest telecom company in South Korea revealed that it is testing an autonomous cruise ship powered by the 5G technology.

How the ship moves. All major cruise line companies now have vessels powered by the Azipod system in their fleet on order or on ships under construction. The conventional diesel method is the simplest.