Sustainability in the cruise industry

Cruise Ships: Environment and Climate

Cruise Denmark – Copenhagen and beyond, in collaboration with Green Global Future, has developed Cruise Ships: Environment and Climate—a publication that provides an in-depth overview of the cruise industry's environmental and climate initiatives in Copenhagen and Denmark. This resource highlights current efforts, future commitments, and necessary steps toward a more responsible and sustainable cruise tourism.

Designed as a fact-based tool, Cruise Ships: Environment and Climate aims to ensure that discussions surrounding cruise tourism and its environmental impact are grounded in accurate and transparent information.

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Reducing pollution from cruise visits 

Copenhagen aims to be the world's first carbon-neutral capital city by 2030, and our ambition is to get cleaner cruises to Denmark. We work on reducing pollution from cruise visits by, e.g., establishing shore power facilities in Copenhagen, inspiring cruise guests to conduct sustainable behavior, promoting sustainable tour offers, etc. 

Avoiding congestion and overcrowding 

With a growing number of cruise visitors to Denmark, we proactively avoid overcrowding in the future. E.g., by inspiring guests also to explore the less-visited areas of Copenhagen. Moreover, we bring key stakeholders together twice a year pre-and-post the cruise season to ensure we have a seamless port-city infrastructure. 

Maximizing the economic benefit of the cruise industry 

Cruise Denmark - Copenhagen and beyond aims to maximize the economic benefit from every cruise visit. Every year, we assist our partners in increasing revenue from cruise guests by education, e.g., by providing all partners with a list of cruise calls with specific information on each call, e.g., the guests' nationality, classification of the ship, etc.