Addressing the gmec conference, co-organised by Seatrade and Hamburg Messe and Congress alongside this year's SMM, he aired his views regarding sulphur regulations and accused regulators of 'far too often' listening to manufacturers of technical equipment (many of whom made up the audience).
They, too, got a Dingle broadside: 'All this regulation is great for your businesses but you often have no clue how you are going to build the technology for compliance solutions and industrialise it,' he claimed.
Dingle said the cruise industry is and must be an environmental leader.
Latter in the day the news broke that Carnival Corp. & plc had ordered another three LNG-powered cruise ships, making it seven in total for the group across multiple brands for delivery between 2019 and 2022.
Dingle applauded event host Hamburg for the strides it has made in delivering LNG power to cruise ships at berth, but lamented 'It's not like that in the vast majority of ports we go to.'
He said whilst the industry and regulators are working in close partnership it needs to be a lot better: 'Collaboration encourages openness and honesty.'
Listing Sox, Nox and carbon emissions, water and solid waste regulations: 'There are a lot of silos,' he countered.
'Solutions need to be holistic.'
Dingle said there is plenty of talk about finding a long-term solution to deal with all air emissions and he acknowledged to fellow panellist Arsenio Dominguez, chair of IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee, 'There is a lot of good discussion at the IMO.' However, 'If you have a vision we can then all work backwards to achieve it rather than the current siloed and incremental approach.'
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