Environmental Technologies and Practices
This table provides aggregated data across CLIA’s global oceangoing cruise line membership. The table reflects the number of ships equipped with certain technologies, corresponding passenger capacities (lower berth at double occupancy) and the percentage of the entire fleet represented.
CLIA Global Oceangoing Cruise Lines - August 2024
| Investments, Commitments, and Practices | Ships Reporting (303 Total Fleet) | Aggregate % of Reporting Ships | Capacity Lower Berth Double Occupancy (635,034 Est. Total Fleet) | Aggregate % of Reporting Capacity |
| Oceangoing Ships Reporting | 283 | 93.4% | 622,449 | 98.0% |
| New Ships On Order (for 2024 ETP, through 2028 delivery year) 28 CLIA ships on orderbook reported into ETP out of 33 for delivery from 2025 through 2028 | 28 | 91,908 | ||
| Ships (planned to be) removed from the fleet between 1 January and 31 December of Measure Year | 2 | 2,862 | ||
| Ships actually removed from the CLIA fleet since voluntary shutdown began due to global Covid-19 Pandemic in March 2020 | ||||
| Average age of fleet as of 1 January of Measure Year | 14.1 |
| Investments, Commitments, and Practices | Ships Reporting (303 Total Fleet) | Aggregate % of Reporting Ships | Capacity Lower Berth Double Occupancy (635,034 Est. Total Fleet) | Aggregate % of Reporting Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ships fitted with exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) | 159 | 56.2% | 466,356 | 74.9% |
| - Ships fitted with open loop EGCS | 88 | 31.1% | 229,213 | 36.8% |
| - Ships fitted with open loop EGCS and additional wash water filters | 81 | 28.6% | 206,416 | 33.2% |
| - Ships fitted with hybrid EGCS | 71 | 25.1% | 237,143 | 38.1% |
| - Ships fitted with hybrid EGCS and additional wash water filter | 51 | 18.0% | 173,386 | 27.9% |
| New build ships committed to be fitted with EGCS | 4 | 12,388 |
| Investments, Commitments, and Practices | Ships Reporting (303 Total Fleet) | Aggregate % of Reporting Ships | Capacity Lower Berth Double Occupancy (635,034 Est. Total Fleet) | Aggregate % of Reporting Capacity |
| Ships capable of using LNG as primary fuel for propulsion | 19 | 6.7% | 80,438 | 12.9% |
| New build ships committed to use LNG as primary fuel for propulsion | 19 | 74,182 |
| Investments, Commitments, and Practices | Ships Reporting (303 Total Fleet) | Aggregate % of Reporting Ships | Capacity Lower Berth Double Occupancy (635,034 Est. Total Fleet) | Aggregate % of Reporting Capacity |
| Ships fitted with Shore Side Electricity (SSE) systems | 147 | 51.9% | 376,820 | 60.5% |
| - Connection located on Starboard Side | 94 | 33.2% | 246,640 | 39.6% |
| - Connection located on Port Side | 49 | 17.3% | 126,978 | 20.4% |
| - Connection possible on Both Sides | 21 | 7.4% | 32,776 | 5.3% |
| Ships planned to be retrofitted with SSE systems | 64 | 22.6% | 108,002 | 17.4% |
| New build ships committed to be fitted with SSE systems | 28 | 91,908 |
| Investments, Commitments, and Practices | Ships Reporting (303 Total Fleet) | Aggregate % of Reporting Ships | Capacity Lower Berth Double Occupancy (635,034 Est. Total Fleet) | Aggregate % of Reporting Capacity |
| Ships fitted with particulate filters | 37 | 13.1% | 92,839 | 14.9% |
| Ships fitted with Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Systems | 71 | 25.1% | 133,027 | 21.4% |
| Ships capable of complying with NOx Tier III limits | 77 | 27.2% | 151,678 | 24.4% |
| Ships that have air lubrication systems fitted | 24 | 8.5% | 90,960 | 14.6% |
| Investments, Commitments, and Practices | Ships Reporting (303 Total Fleet) | Aggregate % of Reporting Ships | Capacity Lower Berth Double Occupancy (635,034 Est. Total Fleet) | Aggregate % of Reporting Capacity |
| Ships that have an advanced waste water treatment facility on board, approved, used and capable of meeting or exceeding IMO MARPOL Annex IV discharge norms | 225 | 79.5% | 523,313 | 84.1% |
| New build ships that will have an advanced waste water treatment facility on board, approved and capable of meeting or exceeding IMO MARPOL Annex IV discharge norms | 27 | 91,722 | ||
| Ships that have a waste water treatment facility on board, approved and capable of meeting the discharge standards of the IMO MARPOL Annex IV Baltic Sea Special Area | 98 | 34.6% | 205,886 | 33.1% |
| Vessels that can produce freshwater onboard | 267 | 94.3% | 598,430 | 96.1% |
| Vessels that can produce 100% of freshwater onboard (Theoretically can operate without bunkering water) | 175 | 61.8% | 445,243 | 71.5% |
| Investments, Commitments, and Practices | Ships Reporting (303 Total Fleet) | Aggregate % of Reporting Ships | Capacity Lower Berth Double Occupancy (635,034 Est. Total Fleet) | Aggregate % of Reporting Capacity |
| Ships with a Biofouling Management Plan | 264 | 93.3% | 615,210 | 98.8% |
| Ships fitted with Water Fuel Emulsion (WFE) technology/treatments | 50 | 17.7% | 115,874 | 18.6% |
| Vessels fitted with bulbous bow | 238 | 84.1% | 568,678 | 91.4% |