ECO-CRUISING FU_TOUR warns about lowinvestment made by SMEs

Friday, July 5, 2024

ECO-CRUISING FU_TOUR, which is the EU co-funded
venture targeted toward developing the green and blue
prospect of the tourism SMEs of the West
Mediterranean, cautions regarding the low investment
made by SMEs in 4 important areas of the Blue
Economy: Coastal and Maritime Tourism, Shipbuilding
and Refit, Environment Protection and Regeneration
and Shipping and Ports. Funding in these 4 divisions is
important for progressing toward a sustainable change
in the cruise segment by attaining the objective of the
net zero releases by 2050.
Upholding invention in maritime technology is at the
core of the cruise sector’s determinations toward
lessening its ecological imprint. It has made important
investments toward the growth of green technologies
and observances, comprising, for instance, the facility
of shore side electricity (SSE) for ships or the
broadening of the cruises’ energy points by merging
multi-fuel engines. Nevertheless, to hasten the
changeover to Blue Economy, the cruise segment
asks for activating private capital to clean tech in the
Blue Economy and to quicken the sustainable
evolution.

Similarly, ECO-CRUISING FU_TOUR warns regarding
the socio-economic and technological hindrances to
grow blue ocean technologies. For example, as the EU
Blue Economy Observatory cautions, port
arrangements will need important advancements to let
building and amassing of huge subsystems (e.g.,
floating wind platforms). Likewise, the vessel fleet
might not be capable for reacting to the demand in
spite of the predicted progression. 
The cruise segment has undertaken important steps
toward sustainability preceding the pandemic.
Several of the leading cruise lines are now making a lot
of efforts to decrease their ecological footprint by
reducing emissions, preserving water and cultivating
clearance systems.