The company intends to adopt H2 to help in its strategy for decarbonization.Viking has announced that it intends to become latest cruise line to pursue the adoption of hydrogen fuel cells for powering its next generation of ships.This announcement is confirmation of a move it has been an option with potential for several years.Fincantieri, the shipbuilder, announced that Viking has exercised the option for adding more ships in its long-running ocean cruise ships class that started being introduced in 2015. The shipbuilder reported that it has put into effect the contracts for the third and fourth vessels that are a component of an option for up to six ships that was agreed to in March 2018.The cruise line also agreed to contracts, subject to financing, for the fifth and sixth vessels in the 2018 agreement. That announcement arrived as Fincantieri gets ready for the delivery of the…
Viking to pursue hydrogen fuel cells to power next generation cruise ships
