Carnival Corporation & plc, babban kamfanin tafiye-tafiye na nishaɗi a duniya, a yau ya sanar da cewa AIDAnova daga shahararren Jamusanci AIDA Jirgin Ruwa shi ne jirgin ruwa na farko da za a ba shi takardar shedar Blue Angel mai daraja don ƙware a ƙirar jirgin ruwa na muhalli. Sabon jirgin ruwa a cikin jiragen ruwa na AIDA, AIDAnova yana da sabbin dabaru da dama don “tuwar ruwa,” gami da kasancewa jirgin ruwa na farko da zai iya sarrafa shi a tashar jiragen ruwa ko a teku ta iskar gas (LNG), mafi tsaftataccen mai a duniya.

Blue Angel shiri ne na takaddun shaida na Ma'aikatar Tarayya ta Jamus don Muhalli, Kiyaye yanayi, Gine-gine da Tsaron Nukiliya. Wani alkali mai zaman kansa daga masana'antu daban-daban ke kulawa da shi, an ƙirƙira da ƙaddamar da ecolabel na Blue Angel a cikin 1978 don taimakawa masu siye da masu siyarwa su zaɓi kasuwancin da ke ba da kayayyaki da sabis na mu'amala. Yayin da kusan kamfanoni 1,500 suka karɓi The Blue Angel, AIDAnova daga Carnival Corporation's AIDA Cruises shine jirgin ruwa na farko da ya sami babban matsayi.

Shugaban AIDA Felix Eichhorn ya ce, "Mun yi farin ciki da samun wannan karramawa na dogon lokaci da muka yi na kare muhallin ruwa da rage hayakin da ake fitarwa," in ji shugaban AIDA Felix Eichhorn a bikin bayar da lambar yabo ta kwanan nan a Rostock, Jamus. "Tare tare da tashar jirgin ruwa na Meyer Werft a Papenburg mun gina AIDAnova kuma mun gabatar da sabbin fasahohin sa daban-daban, gami da iyawar LNG. Nan da shekarar 2023, za mu sanya wasu sabbin jiragen ruwa guda biyu cikin hidimar jiragen ruwa."

Gabaɗaya, biyo bayan ƙaddamar da AIDAnova a ƙarshen 2018, Kamfanin Carnival yana da ƙarin jiragen ruwa na jiragen ruwa na “kore” na gaba guda 10 akan tsari, tare da kwanakin isar da saƙo tsakanin 2019 da 2025 don samfuran sa na duniya guda biyar - AIDA Cruises, Layin Cruise na Carnival. , Costa Cruises, P&O Cruises (Birtaniya) da Gimbiya Cruises.

Dokta Ralf-Rainer Braun, shugaban Jury Umweltzeichen da ke da alhakin zabar masu karɓar Blue Angel, ya ce game da karramawar: “Wannan ecolabel wani abu ne na musamman. Ya ƙunshi buƙatun da yawa waɗanda dole ne a cika lokacin da aka gina sabon jirgi. A cikin jimlar su, sun tsaya tsayin daka don ba da gudummawa mai mahimmanci ga kare muhalli. Fatanmu ne cewa wannan lambar yabo ta AIDA Cruises ta zama sako mai kyau don sadaukar da kai ga kare muhalli a duk masana'antar ruwa."

Gabatar da LNG ga jiragen ruwa mai ƙarfi bidi'a ce mai ban sha'awa wacce ke tallafawa manufofin muhalli na kamfanin tare da kawar da iskar gas ɗin sulfur dioxide (haɓaka sifili) da ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta (raguwar 95% zuwa 100%). Amfani da LNG kuma zai rage yawan hayakin nitrogen oxides da carbon dioxide.

Jiragen ruwan koren wani sashe ne na dabarun dabarun rage sawun carbon, wanda kamfanin Carnival Corporation ya ayyana burin dorewar shekarar 2020 da cikakken aiwatar da shi ta hanyar AIDA Cruises da ƙarin samfuran kamfani guda takwas. Kamfanin Carnival ya cimma burinsa na rage iskar Carbon da kashi 25 cikin dari shekaru uku gabanin jadawalin a shekarar 2017 kuma ya sami karin ci gaba kan wannan burin tare da rage fitar da hayaki da kashi 27.6% daga ayyuka a shekarar 2018.

Kamfanin Carnival da samfuran layin jirgin ruwa guda tara na duniya sun himmatu don haɓaka sabbin hanyoyin magance da ke tallafawa ayyuka masu dorewa da ingantaccen yanayi. Baya ga jagorancin masana'antar safarar jiragen ruwa na amfani da LNG wajen sarrafa jiragen ruwa, kamfanin ya kuma fara yin amfani da Advanced Air Quality Systems (AAQS) a cikin jiragensa. Tun daga watan Yuli na 2019, an shigar da Na'urorin ingancin iska na ci gaba akan 77 daga cikin jiragen ruwa sama da 100 a cikin jirgin ruwan Carnival Corporation. Tsarin yana cire kusan duk abubuwan da ake fitarwa na sulfur oxide, kashi 75% na duk abubuwan da ke da alaƙa da rage fitar da iskar nitrogen oxide.

Tun daga 2000, kowane jirgi da aka gina don AIDA Cruises, ciki har da AIDAnova, yana da "ƙarfe mai sanyi" ko ikon ikon teku - yana iya haɗawa kai tsaye cikin grid na lantarki na ƙasa yayin da yake cikin tashar jiragen ruwa inda kayan aikin ke samuwa. Tare da "ƙarfe mai sanyi," ana sarrafa fitar da iska da kuma daidaita shi a ƙarƙashin buƙatun sarrafa hayaki a tashar wutar lantarki da ke samar da tashar jiragen ruwa.

AIDA Cruises kuma yana binciken yadda ake amfani da ƙwayoyin mai, batura da iskar gas daga hanyoyin da za a sabunta su a cikin balaguro. Kamfanin yana shirin gwada kwayar mai ta farko a cikin jirgin ruwa na AIDA a farkon 2021. Nan da 2023, 94% na duk baƙi na AIDA za su yi tafiya a cikin jiragen ruwa masu cikakken aiki tare da ƙarancin hayaƙin LNG ko, inda zai yiwu, ikon teku yayin da suke tashar jiragen ruwa.

Naɗin Blue Angel shine na baya-bayan nan a cikin jerin lambobin yabo da karramawa da ke nuna jajircewar AIDA ga muhalli da dorewa. Shahararriyar alamar ta kuma sami "Kamfani Mafi Amintaccen Jirgin Ruwa na Jamus" a cikin 2019 Reader's Digest Trusted Brands Survey da lambar yabo ta MedCruise na 2019 don "mafi girman shirin dorewa" da "mafi girman saka hannun jari da sadaukar da kai ga muhalli da dorewa."