New cruise records in 2018

07/05/2019

Cleaner air in the pipeline

The City of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Malmö Port and By & Havn have partnered to get more green solutions in the Port of Copenhagen and limit emissions from cruise ships. The first step is the design of a land-based power plant in Nordhavn. New cooperation is going to ensure better air quality for residents and neighbours of the Port of Copenhagen, and limit emissions from cruise ships in the areas close to the port. This is done initially by looking at the possibility of designing a land-based generating plant in Nordhavn, so that large cruise liners no longer need to burn diesel off when they are berthed. In addition, the cooperation is designed to check how emissions from canal sightseeing boats can be reduced and find a model for establishing a land-based generating plant at Langelinie. The objective is to have a land-based generating plant ready in Nordhavn in 2021. Each party has granted DKK 1,5 million to project a plant in Nordhavn, which can be ready in 2021. In addition, the City of Copenhagen has allocated DKK 1 million to find a model for land-based electricity at Langelinie and DKK 1 million for Nordic Nordic co-operation to get land-based electricity in ports in the Baltic Sea region. "The residents of Copenhagen, including those living close to the port, are entitled to breathe freely without concerns for their health. Therefore, together we take the decisive steps to establish land-based power in Nordhavn, and to find a model so that we also get land-based power at Langelinie. The target is to drastically reduce the emissions from cruise ships ", says lord mayor Frank Jensen (Social Democrat). He also points to the city’s decisions to convert the port buses to electricity as early as next year and to convert all of Copenhagen's buses to electricity over the coming years as decisive steps to ensure clean air for the residents of Copenhagen. A part of thecity's allocation for land-based power is earmarked for cooperation with the othermajor port cities in the Nordic region. If several ports in the region offer land-basedpower , it will attract the ships that can use this power. In the long term, it can make the Baltic Sea region the most sustainable cruise destination in the world. With the same vision in mind, a cruise conference with international experts and decision-makers in Copenhagen is planned for May. By & Havn has high expectations for the coming cooperation on green solutions in port operations. CEO Anne Skovbro says: "There is great interest in using the Port of Copenhagen, both from cruise ships and commercial vessels in the inner port. We have therefore started to make a 360 degree overhaul of the port's green solutions and, in this context, will include looking at the possibility of also establishing a land-based power station at Langelinie. We also look to how we can reduce emissions from the canal sightseeing boats in the port". At Copenhagen Malmö Port you also see opportunities of establish land-based power. "The ports have a strong focus on sustainable cruise tourism, and we see cooperation as a good opportunity to strengthen our efforts. Land-based power generation is one of several options to ensure a sustainable port now and in the future. CMP is continually seeking to find the best possible solutions to synergies between citizens and cruise ships, in close dialogue with the industry so that a real improvement can be experienced ", says CEO Barbara Scheel Agersnap. Facts: The City of Copenhagen has earmarked a total of DKK 3.5 million for the design of land power plants at Oceankaj in Nordhavn, for Nordic co-operation for the establishment of land-based power for cruise ships and for a model for the establishment of land-based power plants at Langelinie. Of this DKK 1.5 million is earmarked for the planning of land-based power in Nordhavn. By & Havn has allocated a total of DKK 1.5 million for a partnership on green Solutions in port operations. CMP has allocated DKK 1.5 million for environmental improvement for cruise ships and DKK 1.5 million for an innovation project to reduce emissions from cruise ships. At first, the cooperation is going to look into these areas: 1. Design etc. of a land power plant for cruise ships in Nordhavn (CMP). 2. Suggestions on how to establish land power plants at Langelinie (By & Havn) 3. International cooperation on land-based power for cruise ships (City of Copenhagen) 4. Reduction of emissions from canal sightseeing boats, including navigation agreements (City & Port) Contact: Lord mayor Frank Jensen via public relations officer Rikke Egelund, tel.: +45 3147 9497, e-mail: Eb2f@kk.dk By & Havn, communications manager, Kristian Wederkinck Olesen, tel.: +45 30535004, Mail: kwo@byoghavn.dk CMP, communications manager, Ulrika Prytz Rugfelt, tel.: + 46 702520098, email: ulrika.prytz@cmport.com

19/12/2018

New cruise records in 2018

Cruise traffic in Copenhagen continued to break records in 2018. 865,000 passengers and 343 arrivals were the figures when summarising the season – a season in which the glorious weather gave the visitors an especially fine experience. At the same time, cruise traffic increased in both Malmö and Visby. Copenhagen is consolidating its position as the leading cruise destination in Northern Europe. All figures are pointing upwards, producing an all time high. As well as passenger numbers growing to 865,000 and arrivals to 343, the ships’ gross tonnage also increased. This year it entailed 25.4 million tonnes. ”The trend towards larger cruise ships is continuing, and means that our gross tonnage is increasing. This year we received 52 large ships with about 4,000 passengers. This is more than ever before”, says Arnt Møller Pedersen, COO Cruise & Ferries in CMP. Longer season CMP is also benefiting from the fact that the cruise season has been extended by a month in 2018. ”Later this year we will be receiving Christmas and New Year cruises. It involves nine arrivals and is also a new record. These cruises principally attract German and British passengers, who visit the Christmas markets in Copenhagen”. A new feature is that passport and visa control for passengers resident outside the EU’s Schengen area is handled at the cruise terminals at Ocean quay. ”This has been done for four arrivals. The police carried out the actual external passport checks in a process which worked really well. Next year, passport and visa control will be performed for 14 arrivals”. Another new feature is that the luggage service will be extended through external suppliers. The passengers have received assistance with collection on the quay, with the luggage being taken onward to their hotel or to the airport if they are travelling further. ”In the long-term, we want to find a more comprehensive solution surrounding luggage handling, preferably together with the airport as it would make it even simpler for the passengers”. Growth in Malmö and Visby After a short break, Malmö has once again received cruises in 2018. There were nine arrivals with about 11,000 passengers. ”Next year the traffic will be further expanded. We will then receive 12 arrivals and 30,000 passengers, including the Pullmantur Cruises shipping company, which will make Malmö a turnaround-port in the next three seasons”. Last but not least, 2018 was the premiere for the new cruise terminal in Visby, which is presented in separate articles in CMP News. ”Visby has got underway according to plan, which is positive. The season developed well, and here too the traffic will grow in 2019”, Arnt Møller Pedersen sums up.

16/12/2014

New quay for cruise ships in Visby, Sweden, in partnership with CMP

Region Gotland and Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP) today formally signed an agreement with the aim of making Gotland a principal new attraction for the Baltic's cruise tourists. Preparations to extend the port are fully underway, including the marine archaeological survey. Region Gotland and Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP) today signed a lease agreement which entails the region investing around SEK 250 million kronor in a new cruise ship quay, with CMP renting the quay for 20 years. - "Now it's full steam ahead for all engines! The construction project is proceeding with planning and various surveys on site, and together with the island's business community we will ensure that Gotland is ready when the quay is completed in 2018", says the regional board's chairman Åke Svensson. CMP has long experience of developing cruise ship ports and the port in Copenhagen has received a number of awards, including as cruise ship port of the year. - "We are looking forward to contributing our experience to the collaboration with Region Gotland. This is a significant undertaking for us as we can offer our customers a more attractive cruise route. The fact that we will thereby also be contributing to more tourists visiting Gotland is very satisfying", says Johan Röstin, CEO of Copenhagen Malmö Port AB. As recently as one year ago the cruise ship quay was a project which almost everyone on Gotland wanted to go ahead, but which nobody believed would happen. A meeting during last year's Almedalen Week sowed the seed for the collaboration which suddenly resolved all the stumbling blocks. With a strong collaborative partner on-board the investment suddenly became significantly less risky and in August all the local authority parties backed the final draft agreement. The marine archaeological surveys outside Kopparsvik commenced in November, and geotechnical surveys on the sea bed will take place in the spring. The actual construction will start with dredging in spring 2016 and two years later the first cruise liners will put into Gotland's new cruise centre. - "Constructing a cruise ship port and establishing an attractive cruise destination is an extensive operation, with a large number of public and private actors having to work well together. This is one of the most important reasons behind Copenhagen's success, and something on which we place a lot of importance. The start of the project in Visby has been particularly promising", says Arnt Møller Pedersen, Cruise Manager in Copenhagen Malmö Port AB. During the period 2000 to 2012, the number of cruise passengers in the Baltic increased from 1.1 million to 4.2. A cruise ship quay in Visby is estimated to increase the number of arrivals to around 150 cruise ships per year, with average passenger numbers of about 1,700 per ship, and revenues generated from tourism of around SEK 90-130 million per year.* CMP is Northern Europe's leading cruise ship port with some 346 ships and 800,000 passengers a year from more than 150 countries arriving in Copenhagen and Malmö. For images, visit www.gotland.se/76360