A yau, rukunin Royal Caribbean ya zama babban ma'aikacin jirgin ruwa na farko da ya fara jigilar jirgin ruwa daga tashar jiragen ruwa na Amurka yayin da yake amfani da man dizal mai sabuntawa don biyan wani ɓangare na buƙatun mai na jirgin lokacin da Navigator na Tekuna ya tashi daga tashar jiragen ruwa na Los Angeles.

Wani ɓangare na layin jirgin ruwa mai nasara na ƙungiyar, Royal Caribbean International, amfani da man fetur mai sabuntawa zai rage fitar da iskar gas na jirgin.

"Mun himmatu wajen saka hannun jari a cikin fasahohi da sabbin abubuwa da za su taimaka mana rage fitar da hayaki da kuma cika manufarmu don isar da manyan hutu cikin alhaki," in ji Laura Hodges Bethge, Mataimakin Shugaban Kamfanin Royal Caribbean Group, Ayyukan Shared Services. "Yayin da muke bikin wannan gagarumin ci gaba, muna ci gaba da sanya tunaninmu kan sauran hanyoyin da za mu bi don cimma burin mu na yau da kullun."

Man fetur da ake sabunta shi da Navigator na Tekuna ke amfani da shi ya ƙunshi ƙarancin carbon fiye da na gargajiya na teku. Yayin da ake samar da wannan man daga albarkatun da za a iya sabuntawa, tsarin samar da wannan man ya sa ya zama daidai da kwayoyin man gas na ruwa na gargajiya - samar da man "digo" wanda za'a iya amfani dashi cikin aminci tare da injunan jirgin.

Kamfanin jiragen ruwa na jirgin ruwa yana shirin ci gaba da yin amfani da ƙananan man fetur na carbon don saduwa da wani ɓangare na buƙatun man na jirgin ruwa na Los Angeles yayin da yake kimanta yiwuwar yin amfani da dogon lokaci, tare da burin fadada amfani da shi zuwa wasu jiragen ruwa a fadin jiragen ruwa. Wannan ya biyo bayan irin wannan gwajin da abokin haɗin gwiwar ƙungiyar, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises ya yi, wanda ke binciko wani tsari na daban don haɓaka ɗorewa mai ɗorewa.

Don gwajin, Ƙungiyar Royal Caribbean ta ha] a hannu da Ayyukan Man Fetur na Duniya don samar da man fetur mai sabuntawa ga Navigator na Tekuna. Kamfanin Jankovich zai ba da man fetur a madadin Hukumar Kula da Man Fetur ta Duniya ga jirgin yayin da yake tashar jiragen ruwa na Los Angeles. Da zarar an kunna wuta, Navigator na Tekuna zai tashi zuwa Mexico.

Michael J. Kasbar ya ce "Muna matukar alfahari da kasancewa wani bangare na tafiyar Royal Caribbean Group don samar da masana'antar ruwa mai ɗorewa ta hanyar haɓaka ƙarfin rarraba man da za a iya sabuntawa da kuma ƙwarewar fasaha don sauƙaƙe amfani da man fetur mai sabuntawa a cikin aikace-aikacen ruwa," in ji Michael J. Kasbar. Shugaba kuma Babban Jami'in Gudanarwa, Kamfanin Ayyukan Man Fetur na Duniya.

Baya ga gwada amfani da albarkatun ruwa a cikin Navigator na Tekuna, rukunin Royal Caribbean an saita shi don fara jigilar jirgin ruwa na farko na masana'antar cruise a lokacin rani 2023, a matsayin wani ɓangare na sabon rukunin jiragen ruwa na Silversea Cruises, ajin Nova. Kungiyar tana kuma kokarin rage hayakin da take fitarwa yayin da take tashar jiragen ruwa ta hanyar saka hannun jari a bangaren makamashin jiragen ruwa da kuma hada kai da manyan tashoshin jiragen ruwa don amfani da su. Misali, a shekarar 2021, kungiyar Royal Caribbean ta rattaba hannu kan wata yarjejeniya ta kawo wutar gabar teku zuwa PortMiami, wanda zai baiwa jiragen ruwa damar amfani da wutar lantarki a tashar jiragen ruwa maimakon kona mai. Har ila yau, kamfanin yana ƙaddamar da sabon tashar jiragen ruwa mai ƙarfi a tashar jiragen ruwa na Galveston, Texas, wanda ke ginawa a kan ƙoƙarin ƙira mai dorewa kuma zai zama kayan aikin LEED-Gold.