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HX Expeditions Cuts Direct CO2 Emissions 12% in 2025
HX provided one thousand six hundred fifty-two complimentary cabin nights for researchers, and guests submitted forty-six thousand four hundred sixty-six citizen-science observations.
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Marine Educator Cristina Ozores Named Explora III Godmother
The announcement came on World Ocean Day; Explora III is designed for about nine hundred twenty-five guests in oceanfront suites and about seven hundred crew.
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NCLH Expands Biofuel Trials to 76% of Fleet in 2025 Report
NCLH says it operates 35 ships with about 75,000 berths and expects 16 more vessels through 2037, adding about 43,000 berths.
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MSC Poesia to Carry Whale Observer in Alaska This Summer
NOAA’s Alaska humpback approach rules date to July 2001; in the Juneau area, nine vessel-strike incidents were reported from 2020 through 2024.
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MSC Poesia Adds Whale Observer to Reduce Alaska Strike Risks
The deployment brings Poesia into Southeast Alaska waters where nine vessel-strike incidents were reported near Juneau from 2020 through 2024, six involving calves.
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MSC Cruise Division Hits IMO 2030 Carbon-Intensity Target Early
MSC said it mapped full value-chain greenhouse gas emissions for the first time, extending beyond ship operations to shipbuilding, drydocks and procurement.
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Marella Cruises Rolls Out Reusable Coffee Cups Across Fleet
Marella said its three-month Coffee Port trial avoided 180,000 disposable items while serving about 3,500 takeaway drinks a week in reusable cups.
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Canada Invests Up to $14.3M in Port Charlottetown Shore Power
Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon announced the funding May thirteenth; the port can handle up to four cruise ships, with two alongside and two at anchorage.
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Explora V Bow Section Launched at Palermo Shipyard
Plans call for fourteen decks and four hundred sixty-one suites, plus Mediterranean sailings to twenty-seven destinations in nine countries before a Middle East program.
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Antarctica21 Sells 92% of Berths in 2025-26 Season
Guests represented 53 nationalities, while charter flights of about two hours carried travelers from Punta Arenas to King George Island to board expedition ships.
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Baltic Ports Organization Sets Hamburg Shore Power Seminar
Hamburg’s role as a working test bed shows how shore power is moving from climate pledge to infrastructure challenge for ports balancing cleaner berths with costly grid upgrades.
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Carnival Tests Cleaner Cruise Operations in Alaska
Alaska is becoming a proving ground for cruise decarbonization, where port communities and operators are testing whether cleaner fuel and grid power can scale.