{"id":943,"date":"2020-03-17T12:59:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T12:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2020\/03\/17\/abp-welcomes-green-powered-cruise-vessel\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T13:47:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:47:55","slug":"abp-welcomes-green-powered-cruise-vessel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/cruise-greenport\/abp-welcomes-green-powered-cruise-vessel\/","title":{"rendered":"ABP welcomes green-powered cruise vessel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Along with its sister vessel, <em>MS Roald Amundsen<\/em>, this vessel is the first hybrid vessel of its size and uses cutting-edge hybrid technology that allows its engines to function at optimal levels, which in turn lowers fuel usage and CO2 emissions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was fantastic to welcome the <em>MV Fridtjof Nansen<\/em> today, not just because of its impressive green energy credentials but also because its arrival signifies the growing popularity of Cardiff as a world-class cruise destination,&#8221; said Steven Harrison, ABP Divisional Port Manager &#8211; East Wales.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reducing emissions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the vessel creating reduced emissions itself, the port worked closely with Cardiff City Council to organise shuttle buses from the port to the city centre, cutting down on the amount of congestion on the roads.<\/p>\n<p>Named in honour of the Norwegian explorer, scientist, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Fridtjof Nansen, famous for his arctic expeditions, the vessel will call at Cardiff before continuing its voyage.<\/p>\n<p><em>MS Fridtjof Nansen<\/em> (built 2020) is the second Hurtigruten cruise ship in a 2-unit series of hybrid-powered, 1A Super (ice-class) expedition vessels &#8211; with sistership <em>Roald Amundsen<\/em> (2019).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Welsh port has welcomed Hurtigruten\u2019s green technology cruise ship MS Fridtjof Nansen, the latest to call in an increasing number of environmentally-friendly vessels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cruise-greenport"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":945,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943\/revisions\/945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=943"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}