I-Carnival Corporation & plc, inkampani yezokuvakasha enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, namuhla imemezele ukuthi i-AIDAnova evela kumkhiqizo wayo odumile waseJalimane. I-AIDA Cruises iwumkhumbi wokuqala ngqa ukuklonyeliswa ngesitifiketi esihlonishwayo seBlue Angel ngokwenza kahle ekwakhiweni komkhumbi ohambisana nemvelo. Umkhumbi omusha kunayo yonke emikhunjini ye-AIDA, i-AIDAnova ihlanganisa izindlela ezintsha ezimbalwa “zohambo oluluhlaza,” okuhlanganisa nokuba umkhumbi wokuqala okwazi ukufakwa amandla esikhumulweni semikhumbi noma olwandle ngegesi yemvelo e-liquefied (LNG), uphethiloli wezinsalela ohlanzekile kunawo wonke emhlabeni.
I-Blue Angel iwuhlelo lokunikeza isitifiketi loMnyango Wezemvelo waseJalimane Wezemvelo, Ukongiwa Kwemvelo, Ukwakha kanye Nokuphepha Kwenuzi. Yenganyelwe ijaji elizimele elivela ezimbonini ezihlukahlukene, i-Blue Angel ecolabel yaklanywa futhi yethulwa ngo-1978 ukuze isize abathengi nabathengisi bakhethe amabhizinisi ahlinzeka ngezimpahla namasevisi angahambisana nemvelo. Nakuba cishe izinkampani ezingu-1,500 zithole i-Blue Angel, i-AIDAnova evela ku-AIDA Cruises ye-Carnival Corporation ingumkhumbi wokuqala wokuhamba ngezikebhe ukuthola igama elihloniphekile.
“Sizizwa sihloniphekile ngokuthola lokhu kuqashelwa kokuzibophezela kwethu isikhathi eside ekuvikeleni imvelo yasolwandle kanye nokunciphisa intuthu engcolisayo,” kusho uMongameli we-AIDA uFelix Eichhorn emcimbini wakamuva wokuklonyeliswa eRostock, eJalimane. “Kanye nesikhungo semikhumbi saseMeyer Werft ePapenburg sakhe i-AIDAnova futhi sethula izinto ezintsha zobuchwepheshe ezihlukene, okuhlanganisa namandla okunikwa amandla yi-LNG. Ngo-2023, sizobe sesifaka eminye imisebenzi emibili yale mikhumbi emisha.”
Sekukonke, kulandela ukwethulwa kwe-AIDAnova ekupheleni kuka-2018, iCarnival Corporation inezinye imikhumbi yokuhamba ngomkhumbi “eluhlaza” yesizukulwane esilandelayo esiyi-10, enezinsuku okulindeleke ukuthi zilethwe phakathi kuka-2019 no-2025 ezinkampanini zayo ezinhlanu zomhlaba wonke - i-AIDA Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line. , I-Costa Cruises, i-P&O Cruise (UK) kanye ne-Princess Cruises.
UDkt. Ralf-Rainer Braun, usihlalo weJury Umweltzeichen onesibopho sokukhetha abazokwamukela i-Blue Angel, wathi ngalokhu kuqashelwa: “Le ecolabel iyinto ekhethekile. Ihlanganisa izidingo eziningi okufanele zigcwaliswe lapho umkhumbi omusha wakhiwe. Ngokwesamba sabo, bamele iqhaza elibalulekile ekuvikelweni kwemvelo. Sethemba ukuthi lo mklomelo we-AIDA Cruise usebenza njengomyalezo omuhle wokuzibophezela ekuvikeleni imvelo kuzo zonke izimboni zasolwandle. "
Ukwethulwa kwe-LNG ukuze inikeze amandla imikhumbi yokuhamba ngomkhumbi kuwukuqanjwa okusha okusekela izinhloso zenkampani zezemvelo ngokuqedwa okuphelele kokuphuma kwe-sulphur dioxide (ukukhishwa kwe-zero) kanye ne-particle (ukunciphisa ngama-95% kuya ku-100%). Ukusetshenziswa kwe-LNG kuzophinde kunciphise kakhulu ukukhishwa kwe-nitrogen oxides ne-carbon dioxide.
Imikhumbi eluhlaza okotshani iyingxenye ebalulekile yesu lokunciphisa i-carbon footprint, elichazwe yizinjongo zokusimama ze-Carnival Corporation zango-2020 futhi zasetshenziswa ngokugcwele yi-AIDA Cruises kanye nezinye izinhlobo eziyisishiyagalombili zenkampani. I-Carnival Corporation ifinyelele umgomo wayo wokunciphisa i-carbon ngama-25% eminyakeni emithathu ngaphambi kwesimiso ngo-2017 futhi yenze inqubekelaphambili eyengeziwe kulowo mgomo ngokunciphisa ngo-27.6% ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni ekusebenzeni ngo-2018.
I-Carnival Corporation kanye nemikhiqizo yayo eyisishiyagalolunye ye-cruise global cruise line izibophezele ekwakheni izixazululo ezintsha ezisekela imisebenzi esimeme kanye nendawo enempilo. Ngaphezu kokuhola imboni yezokuvakasha ngokusebenzisa i-LNG ukuze inikeze amandla imikhumbi yokuhamba ngomkhumbi, inkampani iphinde ibe ngamavulandlela ngokusebenzisa i-Advanced Air Quality Systems (AAQS) emikhunjini yayo. Kusukela ngoJulayi 2019, sekufakwe ama-Advanced Air Quality Systems emikhumbi engu-77 engaphezu kweyi-100 yemikhumbi ye-Carnival Corporation. Amasistimu asusa cishe konke ukukhishwa kwe-sulphur oxide, ama-75% azo zonke izingxenye ze-particle futhi anciphisa ukukhishwa kwe-nitrogen oxide.
Kusukela ngo-2000, wonke umkhumbi owakhelwe i-AIDA Cruises, kuhlanganise ne-AIDAnova, "unamandla oku-ayina okubandayo" noma amandla ogwini - ukwazi ukuxhuma ngqo kugridi kagesi esekelwe emhlabathini ngenkathi usethekwini lapho ingqalasizinda itholakala khona. “Ngoku-ayina okubandayo,” ukukhishwa komoya kulawulwa futhi kulawulwa ngaphansi kwezidingo zokulawula ukungcola endaweni yokuphehla ugesi ephakela itheku.
I-AIDA Cruises ihlola nokusetshenziswa kwamaseli kaphethiloli, amabhethri negesi ewuketshezi emithonjeni evuselelekayo ekuhambeni. Inkampani ihlela ukuhlola iseli lokuqala likaphethiloli emkhunjini we-AIDA ekuqaleni kuka-2021. Ngo-2023, u-94% wazo zonke izihambeli ze-AIDA zizohamba ngemikhumbi esebenza ngokugcwele nge-LNG ekhishwa kancane noma, lapho kungenzeka, amandla ogwini ngenkathi isethekwini.
Ukuqokwa kweBlue Angel ngekwakamuva kakhulu ochungechungeni lwemiklomelo nokuhlonishwa okugqamisa ukuzibophezela kwe-AIDA kwezemvelo nokusimama. Uhlobo oludumile luphinde lwathola “Inkampani Yesikebhe Ethembekile Kakhulu YaseJalimane” ocwaningweni lwango-2019 lwe-Reader's Digest Trusted Brands Survey kanye nemiklomelo ka-2019 ye-MedCruise “ngohlelo olukhulu lokusimama” kanye “nokutshalwa kwezimali okukhulu nokuzibophezela emvelweni nasekusimameni.”
