Abokan Duniya sun sami manyan layukan jirgin ruwa 10

Wata kungiyar kare muhalli ta fitar da katin rahotonta a ranar Laraba kan yadda kamfanonin jiragen ruwa masu zirga-zirgar jiragen ruwa da ke aiki a cikin ruwan Amurka ke aiwatarwa don rage gurbatar yanayi, kuma ba wanda ya sami cikakkiyar darajar "A."

Wata kungiyar kare muhalli ta fitar da katin rahotonta a ranar Laraba kan yadda kamfanonin jiragen ruwa masu zirga-zirgar jiragen ruwa da ke aiki a cikin ruwan Amurka ke aiwatarwa don rage gurbatar yanayi, kuma ba wanda ya sami cikakkiyar darajar "A."

Abokan Duniya sun sami manyan layukan jirgin ruwa guda 10, gami da wasu manyan sunaye a cikin kasuwancin, kamar Layin Carnival Cruise Lines. Carnival ya sami "D-minus."

Rahoton ya ba da babbar daraja - a "B" zuwa Layin Holland America. Layin Jirgin Ruwa na Yaren mutanen Norway da Gimbiya Cruises suma sun zira kwallaye da kyau, kowannensu yana samun "B-minus".

Mafi ƙanƙanta maki - "Fs" - sun tafi layin Disney Cruise Line da Royal Caribbean International. Celebrity Cruises da Silversea Cruises suma sun yi rashin nasara.

Layin Cunard Cruise da Regent Seven Seas Cruises sun sami kusan matsakaicin maki.

"Yawanci, fasinjojin jirgin ruwa suna sha'awar balaguron balaguro tare da hotunan ruwa mai tsabta da kuma alkawuran wuraren da ba a lalace ba da kuma namun daji da yawa, amma ba a taɓa gaya wa waɗannan fasinjojin cewa hutun nasu na iya barin wata datti a wuraren da suke ziyarta," in ji Marcie Keever. wanda ya jagoranci "Katin Rahoton Muhalli na Jirgin Ruwa na Cruise."

Cruise Lines International Association, ƙungiyar da ke wakiltar layukan ruwa guda 24, ta yi watsi da rahoton, tana mai kiransa da sabani, aibu da kuma yin watsi da "gaskiyar cewa layukan jiragen ruwa namu sun bi kuma a mafi yawan lokuta sun wuce duk ƙa'idodin muhalli masu dacewa."

"Abin takaici ne cewa Abokan Duniya sun rubuta irin wannan kuskuren bayanai yayin da a gaskiya wannan masana'antar ta sami ci gaba mai yawa a cikin shekaru da dama da suka gabata wajen bunkasa fasaha da kuma bunkasa shirye-shiryen da ke da matukar tasiri wajen kare muhalli," in ji kungiyar a cikin wata sanarwa.

Abokan Duniya sun ƙididdige layin jirgin ruwa a kan nau'ikan nau'ikan guda uku: maganin najasa, rage gurɓataccen iska da ingancin ingancin ruwa a cikin ruwan Alaska. Hakanan ya ba da madaidaicin izinin wucewa/ gazawar kowane layi don samun damar bayanan muhalli.

Kungiyar ta ce Florida, wacce ke da wasu tsauraran dokoki masu hana gurbatar jiragen ruwa, ita ma tana da manyan tashoshin jiragen ruwa guda uku na tashi: Miami, Port Canaveral da Fort Lauderdale.

Kungiyar ta ce Alaska da California sun dauki matsaya mafi karfi a kasar baki daya kan gurbatar jiragen ruwa.

Keever ya ce wasu daga cikin layukan jiragen ruwa sun yi ta kokarin ganin jiragen ruwansu ba su gurbata muhalli ba, musamman a fannin kula da najasa. Holland America, Norwegian, Cunard da Celebrity sun sami babban maki don samun ci gaba na maganin najasa a cikin jiragen ruwa.

Carnival da Disney sun sami "Fs" don maganin najasa.

Disney, tare da jiragen ruwa guda biyu da biyu da ake ginawa, na iya samun sakamako mai kyau akan kula da najasa a shekara mai zuwa saboda ya yi alkawarin yin gyare-gyare a dukkan jiragensa, in ji Keever. Kamfanin ya sanar a makon da ya gabata cewa a karon farko zai fara ba da rangadi a Alaska tun daga 2010.

Keever ya ce ana amfani da fasahar don kamfanonin jiragen ruwa don saduwa da tsauraran dokokin muhalli na Alaska - da'awar da shugaban Alaska Cruise Association John Binkley ya yi. Ya ce layin jiragen ruwa za su yi farin cikin yin amfani da sabuwar fasaha mai araha don saduwa da ƙaƙƙarfan ƙa'idodin Alaska idan akwai, amma babu wani abin dogaro.

Binkley bai samu don yin tsokaci ba ranar Laraba.

A cikin 2008, 12 daga cikin jiragen ruwa 20 da aka ba su izinin fitarwa a cikin ruwan Alaska sun sami cin zarafi, galibi don ammonia da karafa masu nauyi, in ji Keever. Kasancewar jiragen ruwa takwas ba su da wani keta ya nuna ana iya yin hakan, in ji ta.

Layukan jirgin ruwa guda 10 sun sami ƙananan maki don rage gurɓataccen iska. Bakwai daga cikin layin jirgin ruwa 10 sun sami "Fs." Gimbiya ce kawai ta sami babban daraja.

Gimbiya ta kashe miliyoyi don rage hayaki daga jiragen ruwanta, in ji Keever.

Kamfanin ya zuba jarin dalar Amurka miliyan 4.7 a tashar jiragen ruwa ta Juneau ta yadda jiragen ruwa da ke daure a can za su iya toshe wutar da ke bakin teku maimakon sarrafa nasu injinan samar da wutar lantarki ga fasinjoji da ma’aikatan jirgin. Kamfanin ya kuma kashe dala miliyan 1.7 don inganta tashar jiragen ruwa na Seattle. Keever ya ce tara daga cikin jiragen ruwa 17 na Gimbiya sanye take da na'urorin lantarki.

Ta ce tashar jiragen ruwa ta Los Angeles a karshen wannan shekara ana sa ran samun wutar lantarki ta bakin teku a tashar jirgin ruwanta, in ji ta.

Ba tare da haɓaka wutar lantarki a tashoshin jiragen ruwa da sake fasalin jiragen ruwa ba, ana tilasta jiragen ruwa su ƙona mai yayin da suke cikin tashar jiragen ruwa, man "mai ƙazanta" wanda ke da ƙazanta sau 1,000 zuwa 2,000 fiye da man dizal, in ji Keever.

Hakanan za'a iya sayan jiragen ruwa na ruwa don ƙona distillate na ruwa, mai mai ƙona mai mai tsabta fiye da mai, in ji Keever. Kwanan nan California ta buƙaci duk jiragen ruwa masu tafiya zuwa teku, gami da jiragen ruwa, don ƙona mai mai tsafta a cikin mil 24 na gaɓa.

ABUBUWAN DA ZA KU GUDU DAGA WANNAN LABARI:

  • “It is regrettable that Friends of the Earth authors such misinformation when in fact this industry has made tremendous progress in the past several years in advancing technology and developing programs that go a long way in protecting the environment,”.
  • Without the power upgrade at the ports and the retrofitting of the ships, cruise ships are forced to burn bunker fuel while in port, a “dirty-burning”.
  • Keever said the technology is in place for cruise ship companies to meet Alaska’s stringent environmental laws — a claim disputed by Alaska Cruise Association president John Binkley.

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