Sail and fuel cell powered cruise ship prototype
unveiled Cruise ships in the next decade will look rather different than they do today if Ponant’s vision is realized. French cruise company Ponant has presented two design
concepts for a next-generation cruise ship that aims to reduce emissions and evolve towards carbon neutrality. The company reports that it is in discussion with select shipyards and expects the ship, which will combine six decarbonization technologies, will be ready by 2030.
The design is for a 594-foot cruise ship that would have 100 cabins for passengers. The company was started in 1998 with a three-masted cruise ship Le Ponant. Today they also operate 10 diesel-electric cruise ships and one dedicated expedition icebreaker powered by LNG-electric hybrid engines.
“By 2030, our future ship aims to have zero greenhouse gas emissions when sailing, maneuvering, in port, or at anchor. Her carbon footprint will be reduced throughout her lifecycle. Renewable energy supplied by the wind and sun will be combined with low-carbon non-fossil energy associated with fuel cells,” said Hervé Gastinel, CEO of Ponant.
Indonesia set to create a formal Coast Guard Agency
The government of Indonesia is making plans to create a new coast guard agency to take on and augment the capabilities of its existing Maritime Security Agency (Baklama). In 2014 Baklama was set up by Indonesian President Joko Widodo with the aim of formalising the role of a loosely- coordinated security agency that preceded it. In 2022, it was strengthened and given authority as the coordinating agency for all maritime law enforcement in Indonesia. It was also tasked with formulating the nation’s maritime security strategy.
However, the government stopped short of integrating it with competing agencies, of which there are many. Indonesia’s transport ministry has a shipping safety service, the Indonesian Sea and Coast Guard Unit (KPLP), which handles regulatory functions for ports and shipping. The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries has a marine resource protection role. The Indonesian Navy conducts its own maritime border patrols. And the Indonesian National Police has its own marine unit, Sat-Polair, which has duties comparable to Baklama’s.
With so many agencies pursuing the same mission set, responsibilities and capabilities for maritime security are diffuse, and the Widodo administration hopes to unify them under one banner. President Widodo has previously expressed the hope that “Baklama will be the embryo of an Indonesian coast guard,” and this is the agency’s aspiration too: it already refers to itself as the “Indonesia Coast Guard,” though this name does not yet exist in statute.
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