Hurtigruten plans 2030 zero-emissions cruiseferry design

Hurtigruten is one of the leading cruise vessel owners investing in fuel-saving and green-power technologies to reduce its environmental footprint. The Norwegian owner is lowering pollutants in the fjords and seas its ships sail through, and is preparing to build new ships with technologies to reduce this even further.

Hurtigruten chief operating officer Gerry Larsson-Fedde explains the latest emissions-reducing technologies it deploy on its ships sailing through Norwegian waters and into the pristine Arctic.

These include battery packs, new engines and modified hulls, he says during an interview at Riviera’s Maritime Hybrid, Electric & Hydrogen Fuel Cell Conference, which took place in Bergen, Norway.

He says Hurtigruten aims to operate a zero-emissions ships year-round along the Norwegian coast in all weather and sea conditions. Its newbuild ships could include technologies that will be mature enough in 2030 and will improve onboard energy efficiency, such as solar panels, wind sails and fuel cells.