High speed ships and floating islands will ensure a more environmentally friendly cruise industry, say fourteen Master’s students spending their summer holidays with DNV.
Their task during a six-week cross-disciplinary internship programme, “The year 2030 green cruise experience”, has been to design an environmentally friendly cruise concept where everything from leisure activities to the vessel itself is green and healthy. The students come from China, France, Mexico, Norway and Sweden. They have different educational backgrounds from Scandinavian universities.Drawing inspiration from business areas within and outside the DNV organization, the team suggest integration of cutting-edge technologies to reduce the cruise sector’s impact on our vulnerable planet. With the objective of reducing the environmental footprints to a minimum, the team has designed a competitive concept based on several bold designs. Their concept provides a convenient, flexible and green cruise experience as an alternative to aviation and to eliminate the moving stress and annoying scheduling. During the internship the students are learning the most up-to-date technologies. Other leading companies including StatoilHydro, Wallenius Wilhelmsen, Scanship, Höegh, Tillberg Design and Elkem Solar have been invited to share their knowledge with the team. The team will present the results to DNV managers and other industrial leaders on 4 August.
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