Havila Voyages has announced “ambitious goals” of carbon neutrality by 2028 and for emission-free sailings along the Norwegian coast by 2030 – which it says it can achieve with its current fleet.
Bent Martini, chief executive, said: “Last year, we made history as the world’s first cruise company to sail into the Geirangerfjord Unesco World Heritage Site emission-free and silently (pictured), four years before the Norwegian government’s requirement for emission-free ferries and ships in the World Heritage areas comes into effect.
“This is clear proof of our ambitions. We look forward to continuing our journey and doing our part to make tourism and shipping more sustainable.”
He added: “It starts with gradually replacing natural gas with biogas, and the goal is to be carbon-neutral by 2028.
“After that, we will switch to emission-free fuel alternatives such as hydrogen, and the goal is zero emissions by 2030 – with the ships we have today.”
Havila Voyages also highlighted its aim to reduce onboard food waste and produce only 75 grams of food waste per person per day.
“Meeting our target of 75 grams of food waste across four fully operational ships means we can reduce food waste by 60 tons per year, by not using buffets,” added Martini.
“It is therefore very gratifying to report that this year we successfully achieved our goal and collect only 71 grams of food waste per person per day on board.”
Details of its environmental aims are contained in the cruise line’s first sustainability and human rights report.
Pictured: Havila Castor makes the first emission-free voyage by a cruise ship into the Unesco World Heritage site for Geirangerfjorden, on on June 2, 2022.