Port of Copenhagen.
The conference will focus on the Baltic Sea region as a sustainable destination and takes place as a collaboration between Cruise Baltic, Copenhagen Malmo Port, the City of Copenhagen and the Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark.
An ambitious international cruise conference will take place in Copenhagen soon. Professionals from the entire cruise industry will here discuss the opportunities for reducing air pollution and congestion in the cities in the Baltic Sea region.
In May, a large, international cruise conference will be launched at Langelinie Pavillonen in Copenhagen. The conference will focus on the Baltic Sea region as a sustainable destination and takes place as a collaboration between Cruise Baltic, Copenhagen Malmo Port, the City of Copenhagen and the Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark.
"It is central to the green transition that we create an environmental and sustainable framework that can accommodate cruise tourism and shut down for the pollution, which right now comes with the ships into the Danish ports and further out into the cities. We are, therefore, looking forward to a joint discussion of the solutions that may work in the short run as well as the plans for a more sustainable line for the cruise industry," says Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, Danish minister for Environment and Food.
The conference will be an ambitious kick-off in order to put sustainability on the agenda within the cruise industry and brings together more than 100 professionals from cruise lines, ports, destinations, universities, engineering and research units from around the world.
"The citizens of Copenhagen must be able to breathe without worrying about air pollution. This is why we address the pollution from cruise ships that berth in the city. We have recently set aside money for planning a shore power facility at Nordhavn and for finding a model for how we can install shore power at Langelinie. International cooperation plays a crucial role here. Because the more ports that offer shore power in the region, the more 'green' ships, we can attract," says Frank Jensen, Lord Mayor in Copenhagen.
With the conference, Cruise Baltic wishes to speed up the process of converting Copenhagen and the rest of the Baltic Sea region into the world's most sustainable cruise destination. Among other things, the programme focusses on air pollution and congestion in the cities. The conference is at the same time the starting signal for the international project of the Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark on less air pollution from cruise ships at the quay in the Baltic Sea region. The project runs from 2019 to 2022.
"With this conference, we strike an important blow for the environment, and we are doing it because no one than the cruise industry itself is more determined to solve the problem. Therefore, shore power will be a central theme at the conference, which, among other things, highlights the experience of shore power facilities from Kristiansand Harbour. We also focus our attention on the transport of the many cruise ship tourists between ship and city, because greener solutions can be found here too," says Claus Bodker, Director of Cruise Baltic.
The cruise conference will take place on 7 May at the Langelinie Pavillonen in Copenhagen.
Cruise Baltic was founded in 2004 as a network of 12 cruise destinations in the Baltic Sea region. Since then, the network has been growing and today it includes 29 destinations.
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