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and ensure that there is no overcrowding CLIA commends the on-going efforts of
or parking congestion at this world-famous Heraklion and Piraeus to deploy this capa-
site. bility in the short term.
Elsewhere in Greece, CLIA is also partner- As an industry, we make major investments
ing with the Global Sustainable Tourism in sustainable technologies and fuels to con-
Council and city authorities on sustainable tinuously improve our vessels’ environmen-
tourism assessments. tal performance using European suppliers
wherever possible.
We are ensuring that the value that we add
to the communities is not only economic, Earlier this year we – CLIA - with SEA Eu-
but also environmental and social. This is rope made an important joint declaration
paramount for us all. Here and everywhere at our European Summit in Paris calling on
we operate. European Institutions to recognize and pro-
tect our industry’s unique knowledge base.
To help the cruise industry deliver its goal
of net zero cruising by 2050, we need the A knowledge base that can help solve the
right onshore solutions to match the tech- climate challenges facing not just the mari-
nologies deployed onboard our ships. time industry but society at large.
As per the EU institutions agreement on For example, the latest vessels from my
FuelEUMaritime reached in April, we know own brand MSC Cruises including MSC Eu-
235 ports in the EU must be shore power ribia coming later this year are 55% more
ready by 2030, with the rest to follow by efficient in terms of CO2 emissions per
2035 nautical mile than earlier vessel classes built
in 2009
We need ports to deploy, where feasible,
shoreside electricity capability which helps We - the cruise industry - have made these
to reduce air emissions to the benefit of lo- huge technological leaps in less than 15
cal populations. years and we are striving to reach our de-
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