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Wärtsilä’s Advanced Waste technology will enable the Regal Princess to dispose of waste safely, efficiently, and with environmental sustainability. Copyright: Princess Cruises
Wärtsilä’s Auto Gasification solution to provide
sustainable waste disposal for Princess Cruises vessel
The technology group Wärtsilä will supply and install an Auto Gasi-
fication solution for the ‘Regal Princess’, a Princess Cruises vessel.
This innovative technology will enable the safe disposal of waste from
the ship through a self-fuelling thermal decomposition unit, thereby
significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It will also lessen
the requirement to offload waste at shore facilities. Princess Cruises
is a Carnival Corporation & plc brand operating as part of the Holland
America Group. The order with Wärtsilä was placed in July 2019.
The Wärtsilä supplied gasification
unit will replace one of the vessel’s on-
board incinerators, and will safely dispo-
se of hazardous, contaminated, and dry
burnable waste in an environmentally
sustainable way. The emissions quality
from this system exceed the standards
of land based thermal destruction, and
treating waste onboard the vessel ra-
ther than offloading in port therefore
significantly reduces the environmental
impact. Furthermore, since the system
recovers energy from the waste heat
being produced by the thermal destruc-
tion process, additional energy and
emission savings will be gained. The
auto gasification process will reduce
the ship’s waste to less than 5 percent
of the original volume, and will produce
Bio Char, a sterilised inert material, and
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syngas (synthesis gas), which is recycled
within the unit as fuel.
“Wärtsilä and Carnival have coopera-
ted closely on numerous projects over the
years, and we have delivered a number
of advanced waste treatment systems for
their vessels. Our experience with the
Auto Gasification technology will help
support them in their focus on efficiency
and environmental sustainability,” says
Jason Hardy, Head of Sales, Advanced
Waste Management (Retrofit), Wärtsilä
Marine.
Princess Cruises has made it clear
that efficient waste management and
reducing emissions are extremely impor-
tant for the company, and for all Carnival
Corporation brands. Wärtsilä’s innovative
and advanced technologies continue to
support this commitment.
Wärtsilä is scheduled to deliver the
equipment in January 2020.
Mr Jason Hardy
Head of Sales, Advanced Waste
Management Systems (retrofit)
Ms Marit Holmlund-Sund
General Manager, Positioning,
Marine Business Marketing
Wärtsilä is a global leader in smart technolo-
gies and complete lifecycle solutions for the marine
and energy markets. By emphasising sustainable
innovation, total efficiency and data analytics, Wärt-
silä maximises the environmental and economic
performance of the vessels and power plants of its
customers. In 2018, Wärtsilä’s net sales totalled EUR
5.2 billion with approximately 19,000 employees.
The company has operations in over 200 locations
in more than 80 countries around the world. Wärt-
silä is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.
www.wartsila.com