The navier Baleària presented yesterday on his new boat Regina Baltica The Corporate Social Responsibility report for the year 2016. An exercise of transparency that the company performs in the face of its clients and suppliers to share with their stakeholders the result of their work year after year for seven years.
He was the president of the shipping company, Adolfo Utor, the one that transmitted to the hundred of people that witnessed the act the data that are detached from an important year for the company. And that is, during 2016, Baleària transported more than 3,5 million passengers, and more than 5 millions of linear meters of ro-ro cargo with a fleet of 25 vessels, covering a total of 18 lines in the Balearics, Ceuta and Melilla, Morocco, Algeria and the Caribbean.
It should be noted that, among the milestones of Baleària in 2016 they are "the opening of new markets, with the routes to Melilla and the implementation in Algeria", As explained by Utor. At 2016, the company's three international routes added 705.000 passengers, an increase of 15%.
Commitment to innovation and the environment
The increase in both the routes and the number of passengers that have used the services of the shipping company has not affected the company's eco-efficiency index. Utor explained that 2016 Baleària navigated 1.045.000 miles in all its routes, an 13% more than the previous year due to the increase of services offer in some connections and the opening of new lines. The Eco-Efficiency Index of the entire fleet was 0,17 kg CO2 / ton per mile traveled.
As the president explained during his speech, "The innovation is framed within the general strategy of expansion and modernization of the fleet, giving priority to energy efficiency and respect for the environment". In this sense, three smartships are being built, propelled by natural gas - one in LaNaval shipyards and two in Cantiere Navale Visentini- and in which the company will invest more than 320 million euros. In addition, Utor stressed that "These cruise ferries will apply intelligence in providing the service to maximize the experience of the trip on the high seas".
Commitment to the Sustainable Development Objectives (ODS)
The Sustainable Development Objectives marked by the United Nations in its agenda 2030 have been converted for Baleària in the roadmap to follow "with the challenge of doing good business and at the same time contributing to inclusive and sustainable economic growth".
The president of the shipping company stated that in this way "We aspire to be a good company doing responsible business" With the renewed will of "keep working to be the company we want to look like".
