How Are Cruise Ships Powered

It would offer little appeal to cruise ship operators.

How are cruise ships powered. A cruise ship is equal to a million cars a day. While theres a romantic idea of ships being powered by steam cruise ships are powered by diesel engines as standard. However Norwegian cruise operator Hurtigruten is working to change that with the launch of MS Roald Amundsen the worlds first hybrid electricpowered expedition ship.

The ships have a cruise speed of 15 knots and are rated at Polar Class 6 allowing them to operate in medium first-year ice in summer and fall. They have a capacity of 600 kWh. Large ships capable of hauling oil rigs or multiple cargo ships are an order of magnitude worse.

If you feel as though you may need more plug sockets you may tempted to bring a power strip or power cord. 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.

Others use a combination of the two. Nuclear power offers the benefit of endurance enabling ships to steam for long periods between refueling. KT Corporation the largest telecom company in South Korea revealed that it is testing an autonomous cruise ship powered by the 5G technology.

For the biggest cruise vessels Azipod propulsion has become an industry standard powering most of the largest cruise ships in. 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. One for propulsion and one exclusively for electrical power.

Why not use nuclear power. Direct drive diesel electric or gas turbine. LNG-powered ships are ones that use LNG fuel at least in part to generate the energy needed for propulsion.