Cruise Europe
Cruise Europe
09/25/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/25/2024 10:08
CE members benefit from recently-published environmental factsheet
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 - 18:04 by ce-press
In August, Cruise Europe published its factsheet on the environment with the general message being that of 'sustainable cruise travel'.
The idea of the point-by-point (26 in total) fact list is that member ports can cherrypick certain facts to add to any messages that they may be putting out which could benefit from facts that the general public are not aware of.
As an introduction, it is explained that there about 450 oceangoing cruise vessels in the world, which account for 0.8% of the global merchant fleet of 55,000. In total these contribute 2.5% to CO2 emissions globally, of which 0.020% comes from the cruise fleet.
The 26 points, which Cruise Europe is releasing at regular intervals on its social media platforms, include facts such as:
On average per cruiseship, today's emissions are 16% lower than they were in 2019
At this time, there are 32 pilot programme's testing the (im)possibilities of sustainable alternative fuels. Twenty-four shops are testing biofuels and two synthetic carbon fuel.
In 2028, 72% of the world cruise fleet will be ready for shore power, with 90% of cruise vessels deployed in the Baltic and North Sea being shore power ready now.
Six out 10 passengers who ave taken a cruise say they have returned to individually to a destination they first visited on a cruise.
Of women seafarers, 94% work in the cruise industry.
The idea of the point-by-point (26 in total) fact list is that member ports can cherrypick certain facts to add to any messages that they may be putting out which could benefit from facts that the general public are not aware of.
As an introduction, it is explained that there about 450 oceangoing cruise vessels in the world, which account for 0.8% of the global merchant fleet of 55,000. In total these contribute 2.5% to CO2 emissions globally, of which 0.020% comes from the cruise fleet.
The 26 points, which Cruise Europe is releasing at regular intervals on its social media platforms, include facts such as:
On average per cruiseship, today's emissions are 16% lower than they were in 2019
At this time, there are 32 pilot programme's testing the (im)possibilities of sustainable alternative fuels. Twenty-four shops are testing biofuels and two synthetic carbon fuel.
In 2028, 72% of the world cruise fleet will be ready for shore power, with 90% of cruise vessels deployed in the Baltic and North Sea being shore power ready now.
Six out 10 passengers who ave taken a cruise say they have returned to individually to a destination they first visited on a cruise.
Of women seafarers, 94% work in the cruise industry.