Italian shipbuilding team Fincantieri revealed it has actually supplied the very first vessel for deluxe cruise ship driver Viking furnished with a discharges decreasing hydrogen gas cell system.
Identical to Viking’s various other sea ships, the 47,800 heap Viking Neptune is fitted with a tiny hydrogen gas system, making it the cruise ship market’s very first ship to examine making use of hydrogen power for aboard procedures.
“We are especially proud to welcome this newest sister ship to our ocean fleet, as it also marks a significant advancement in testing hydrogen as a future fuel for our vessels,” stated Torstein Hagen, Chairman of Viking.
Viking stated it will certainly make use of the little 100 kW system as an examination to identify just how hydrogen gas might be utilized at a bigger range in future newbuilds.
Fincantieri and also Viking have actually created a bigger vessel setup to be related to the driver’s brand-new vessels supplied after 2024, with specified rooms and also setups for suiting a bigger hydrogen container, the gas cell systems and also various other essential devices.
Next, the business will certainly establish a hydrogen-based generation system with an overall power of concerning 6-7 megawatts (MW), which would certainly make it possible for no discharges procedures in port and also slow-moving steaming navigating. Such systems, as soon as completed, might be set up on Viking’s vessels presently incomplete and also retrofitted on specific vessels that have actually currently been supplied, Fincantieri stated.
Viking Neptune, which can fit 930 guests in 465 staterooms, will certainly invest its inaugural period cruising schedules in the Mediterranean prior to starting the business’s 2022-2023 Viking World Cruise, a trip from Fort Lauderdale,Fla to London that extends 138-days, 28 nations and also 57 ports, with over night remain in 11 cities.
“We look forward to welcoming guests on board the Viking Neptune next week,” Hagen stated. “She is the 15th new ship we have added to our overall fleet this year, another significant milestone as we continue the celebration of our 25th anniversary.”
Viking Expeditions introduced in January with the purpose-built Viking Octantis; her sibling ship, the Viking Polaris, debuted inSeptember Earlier in the year, the business likewise invited 8 brand-new Viking Longships on the rivers of Europe, brand-new purpose-built vessels for the Nile, Mekong and also Mississippi Rivers, along with one more brand-new sea ship, the Viking Mars.
