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Carnival Vista achieves Lloyd's Register's ECO notation

Carnival Vista achieves Lloyd's Register's ECO notation
Carnival Vista earned the ECO Notation from classification society Lloyd’s Register, confirming the ship's design, construction and operation exceeds current maritime statutory regulations. It is the first Carnival Cruise Line ship to achieve this distinction.

Lloyd’s Register established a set of voluntary standards that vessels can seek to achieve that exceed regulations established by the International Maritime Organization and other national and international regulatory agencies.

Vessels seeking the ECO Notation must comply with Lloyd's Register rules that govern ship design and pass surveys and audits during the construction process and once the ship is in service.

The ECO Notation demonstrates Carnival's commitment to responsible environmental stewardship, cruise line president Christine Duffy said.

Carnival Vista was engineered to reduce emissions and meets all current regulations for nitrogen oxide and sulfur oxide discharges as well as particulate emissions through the use of low-sulfur fuel, particulate filters and an exhaust gas cleaning system. The ship also has the first Intelligent Power Management System installed on a Carnival vessel. This system optimizes diesel engine operational settings to reduce emissions and conserve fuel.

In addition, Carnival Vista has a steam-turbine generator that recovers excess steam produced by the exhaust gas boilers while the ship is underway.

Further environmental initiatives include an advanced wastewater treatment system and energy-efficient LED lighting throughout the vessel. Carnival Vista also has a ballast water treatment system that complies with Ballast Water Management Convention requirements before they take effect.

Plus, the 2016-built ship is ahead of regulatory requirements that are part of the Hong Kong Convention for Safe Recycling of Ships which will render it safer and cleaner to recycle the vessel when it reaches the end of its service life many decades from now.

Lloyd’s Register will periodically run surveys and audits of Carnival Vista’s operations to ensure the ship continues to comply with its ECO rules and maintains its environmental notation.