MSC Euribia, MSC Cruises’ 2nd LNG-fueled cruise ship, christened
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MSC Euribia, MSC Cruises’ 2nd LNG-fueled cruise ship, christened
The Cruise Division of MSC Group has held a naming ceremony for its second liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered cruise ship MSC Euribia.
As informed, the naming ceremony took place in Copenhagen on 8 June. The vessel boasts a range of environmental technologies, including advanced onboard wastewater treatment systems and waste management handling. It has also been designed with the future in mind, allowing it to easily incorporate future innovations in sustainability, such as carbon-neutral synthetic and other alternative fuels as soon as they are available at scale.
During its maiden voyage, MSC Euribia completed a net-zero GHG emissions journey from Saint-Nazaire to Copenhagen, benefiting from the emissions reductions allowed by bio-LNG and the application of the mass balance approach, the company noted. MSC Cruises was supported by Nordic energy company Gasum for the net zero greenhouse gas emissions voyage.
To remind, the construction of MSC Euribia started back in 2021. A steel-cutting ceremony for the vessel was held at Chantiers de l’Atlantique’s shipyard in France in June 2021.
Related Knowledge Center: Liquefied natural gas
Driven by plentiful natural gas produced from shale plays, the United States began exporting liquefied natural gas in 2016 when the Sabine Pass terminal in Louisiana opened and shipped its first cargo. Since then, additional capacity, or trains, have been added to Sabine Pass, and terminals have become operational in Cameron Parish, La.; Hackberry, La.; Cove Point, Md.; and Corpus Christi, Texas. The Energy Information Administration projects that U.S. LNG export capacity will reach 8.9 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) by the end of 2019, making it the third largest in the world, behind Australia and Qatar. The tariff war with China has the potential to impact some final investment decisions for additional terminals in the coming months.