DIARIO DEL PUERTO Relaunch 11 SPANISH PORTS HELP TO REDUCE THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF CRUISE SHIPS At national level, the Spanish State-owned Ports Body, together with the Andalusian Institute of Historical Heritage (IAPH) and CLIA Spain have launched a program entitled ”Berthed cruise ship emissions”, which aims to globally standardize the information that cruise ships must provide to estimate emissions when berthed, i.e., to agree on a common methodology for calculating these emissions. This project, which will be piloted over the next two years, and will be extended to other fleets from 2024, is backed by the world’s leading cruise ports, including Los Angeles, Seattle, Hamburg and Rotterdam, and also by the Spanish ports of Barcelona and Palma de Majorca. Cruise ship in the Port of Alicante. Environmentally friendly practices not only help protect our oceans, but also enable our business to thrive Kevin Bubolz Norwegian Cruise Line EL DATO According to CLIA, cruise lines recycle 80,000 tons of paper, plastic, aluminum and glass each year, in line with their waste management policies, through which they prevent waste being dumped into the oceans. 80,000 TONS As part of their commitment to the environment, the ports of Barcelona (in the image) and Tarragona have recently adhered to the Catalan Air Quality Summit Agreement.
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