MIAMI, May 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival Corporation
& plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world's largest leisure
travel company, has been named winner of the Lloyd's List Americas 2017 Cleaner Safer Seas
Solutions award for its environmental commitment to improve the
quality of air emissions through first-in-the-cruise-industry
adoption of liquefied natural gas (LNG), the world's cleanest
burning fossil fuel.
In selecting Carnival Corporation for the prestigious
Lloyd's List honor, an independent
judging panel of shipping industry leaders applauded the company's
commitment to build seven next-generation cruise ships powered by
LNG. Pioneering a new era in the use of the world's cleanest
burning fossil fuel, these new ships for Carnival Corporation's
AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line and P&O
Cruises (UK) brands will use LNG to generate 100 percent of their
power both in port and on the open sea.
"We are honored to be a part of the Lloyd's List Americas Awards – one of the most
respected awards in the shipping and maritime industry – and on
behalf of our more than 120,000 employees across the globe, we are
thrilled to be recognized for our company's strong commitment to
sustainability and the environment," said Tom Strang, senior vice president, maritime
affairs for Carnival Corporation. "We are proud and passionate
about being at the forefront of helping the industry continue to
identify and adopt solutions like LNG and exhaust gas cleaning
technology that reduce emissions and improve our overall
environmental performance."
The Hutchinson Ports Cleaner Safer Seas Solutions award was
presented to Carnival Corporation during a ceremony in New York on May
25 honoring high achievers across the international shipping
and maritime industry. The award recognizes the ship operator in
North, South or Central America
that is making the most meaningful and positive difference in the
areas of safety and environmental performance. To be eligible for
the award, entrants were required to "demonstrate a comprehensive
effort across operations that show respect for the sanctity of
human life and meaningful support for cleaner oceans and
environment."
"We extend our congratulations to Carnival Corporation and all
our other Lloyd's List Americas
2017 winners who are demonstrating strong environmental leadership
in the maritime industry," said Helen
Kelly, executive editor of Lloyd's List. "Our awards support the best in
the shipping business who have proven excellence, innovation and
professionalism over the past 12 months. Their commitment serves as
a reminder of the importance of the shipping industry for
benefitting jobs, commerce and the economy while also recognizing
their role in being strong stewards of the environment and social
good."
A Commitment to Sustainability
In 2015, Carnival
Corporation announced its 2020 sustainability goals that underscore
its commitment to sustainability and environmental responsibility,
with specific goals relating to the company's environmental
performance and improving the quality of its air emissions.
Carnival Corporation continuously evaluates established and
emerging technological solutions – such as LNG – to help meet their
goals. With less carbon and cleaner emissions, LNG emits zero
sulfur dioxides and, when compared to marine diesel oil, it has a
95 to 100 percent reduction in particulate matter, an 85 percent
reduction in nitrogen oxides and a 25 percent reduction in carbon
emissions.
In total, Carnival Corporation has agreements in place to build
seven LNG-powered cruise ships across four of its 10 global cruise
brands in coming years. Its pioneering efforts involving LNG began
by testing the use of LNG with the AIDAsol in Hamburg, Germany, in 2015. The AIDAsol was the
first cruise ship in the world supplied with power via an LNG
Hybrid barge, in a unique pilot project with Becker Marine
Systems.
In May 2016, the new AIDAprima
began bunkering LNG via truck in Germany and now regularly uses dual-fuel
engines for an energy supply with LNG while in ports on the ship's
Northern European deployment. Its sister ship, AIDAperla, debuted
in April with the same technology.
In 2018 and 2019, AIDA Cruises and Costa Cruises will debut the
cruise industry's first next-generation ships powered by LNG on the
open seas. LNG-powered ships for Carnival Cruise Line and P&O
Cruises (UK) will follow in 2020. Costa Cruises and AIDA Cruises
will each receive an additional LNG-powered ship in 2021, followed
by an additional LNG-powered ship for Carnival Cruise Line in
2022.
Earlier this month, Carnival Corporation was named one of the
top 100 Best Corporate Citizens for 2017 by Corporate
Responsibility Magazine. Carnival Corporation ranked number 23
in CRM's 18th annual survey, a significant
improvement from last year's ranking at number 51. The company
achieved the highest rank in corporate responsibility among firms
in the travel and tourism sector and was the only cruise-specific
company to make the list, which uses as its base the Russell 1000
Index of the 1,000 largest U.S. public companies. This
marked Carnival Corporation's fifth time in the past
seven years to be recognized with the 100 Best Corporate Citizens
distinction.
About Carnival Corporation & plc
Carnival Corporation & plc is among the largest, most
profitable and financially strong leisure travel companies in the
world, with a portfolio of 10 cruise brands in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia that
includes Carnival Cruise Line, Fathom, Holland America Line,
Princess Cruises, Seabourn, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard,
P&O Cruises (Australia) and
P&O Cruises (UK).
Together, these brands operate 103 ships visiting over 700 ports
around the world and totaling 231,000 lower berths with 17 new
ships scheduled to be delivered between 2018 and
2022. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates
Holland America Princess Alaska Tours, the leading tour companies
in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. Traded on both the New
York and London Stock Exchanges, Carnival Corporation
& plc is the only group in the world to be included in
both the S&P500 and the FTSE 100 indices.
In 2017, Fast Company recognized Carnival Corporation as
being among the "Top 10 Most Innovative Companies" in both the
design and travel categories. Fast Company specifically
recognized Carnival Corporation for its work in developing Ocean
Medallion™, a high-tech wearable device that enables the world's
first interactive guest experience platform capable of
transforming vacation travel into a highly personalized and
elevated level of customized service.
Additional information can be found on www.carnival.com,
www.fathom.org, www.hollandamerica.com, www.princess.com,
www.seabourn.com, www.aida.de, www.costacruise.com, www.cunard.com,
www.pocruises.com.au, and www.pocruises.com.
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