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April 21, 2022
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- From this summer two MSC Cruises ships will be powered
from land while supporting in two northern European ports
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- "MSC Virtuosa" and "MSC Poesia"
will use cold ironing systems in Southhampton ports and
Rostock
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 MSC Cruises has announced that starting this season
summer, for the first time, two ships of its fleet, MSC
Virtuosa and MSC Poesia, will constantly use
energy from the ground during the respective stops in the ports of
Southampton (United Kingdom) and Rostock-Warnemünde (Germany).
The cruise line has specified that this will be
made possible thanks to a memorandum of understanding signed on 5
April between MSC Cruises and Cruise Baltic for use
of shore feeding in the Baltic Sea region, agreement
recognising the importance of actions for reduction
of man-made air pollution, highlights the
mutual willingness to help improve impact
environmental cruise industry. Cruise Baltic is the
network bringing together 32 ports and destinations in the Mar region
Baltic.-
- With the signing of the agreement Cruise Baltic undertakes to work for
promote the spread of ground feeding structures
in the region with the aim of increasing the number of ports that
offer this possibility. For its part, MSC Cruises
undertakes to ensure that cruise ships that do regularly
call at the respective ports of the Baltic Sea region use
the power supply from the ground, if available, the first
possible and no later than january 1, 2024.
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- MSC Cruises has announced that by the end of this year 11
of the 21 ships in its fleet, including all new ships
built from 2017, will be equipped with the capacity of
feeding from the ground as their itineraries lead them
in ports where such technology will be available.
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