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Leaving to one side the increasing
regulatory demand for clean emissions,
the establishment of favorable
conditions for the implementation of
LNG depends on the capacity of all the
stakeholders to work together in a true
partnership approach to ensure that
the benefits of changing over to LNG
are fully clear to all. This includes the
definition of development goals shared
with ports and institutional authorities.
Carnival’s commitment to LNG is
expected to be decisive in persuading
others in the industry to come around
to the resource and follow the path
to sustainable innovation. Based
on this assumption, the Company
has held a series of meetings with
all those stakeholders who have the
potential to juxtapose the demands
of environmental and sustainability
practices with those dictated by the
need for operational efficiency.
RINA Group sets up the Gas Center
of Excellence
A tangible response to the growing interest of shipowners in
clean energy and the European master plan for the use of LNG as
ship fuel has come directly from RINA with the recent opening
of the
Gas Center of Excellence
. This new hi-tech facility will
focus on research efforts designed to support companies engaged
in the development of LNG-propelled vessels. The Gas Center
of Excellence will make use not only of the shipping expertise
of
RINA Services
but also of the naval architecture and marine
engineering skills of
D’Appolonia
and of the RINA Group’s
Centro Sviluppo Materiali
(CSM), which specializes in R&D
of materials and applied technologies. RINA Services’ specific
competences will allow it to offer class certificates and inspection
services in particular for ships and maritime terminals.
The new Center of Excellence will also perform surveys and
provide classification services, especially for LNG-powered ships
and bunkering terminals ashore and at sea. RINA’s new facility will
also be actively involved in engineering consultancy for the design,
construction and operation of LNG terminals and the realization
of training projects in line with the requirements of international
conventions.