TUI lays out sustainability roadmap

By 2030, TUI aims to reduce CO2 emissions across its cruise brands’ fleets by 27.5% compared to 2019 levels, and further establish energy efficiency in ship operations, including from fuel-saving route optimisation, shore power and the use of alternative fuels such as sustainable bio-fuels, bio-LNG and green methanol.

Between 2015 and 2019, carbon efficiency from cruising improved by 14%. The three newbuilds entering the fleet by 2026 will not use heavy fuel oil.

Mein Schiff 7 will enter service in 2024, running on lower-emission marine diesel and will be equipped with catalytic converters and a shore power connection. The ship will also be able to run on green methanol in the future.

In 2024 and 2026, two ships will follow, which will run on LNG. This will serve as a bridge technology until bio-LNG is available, produced either from biogenic sources or synthetically from renewable energy.

TUI will endeavour to transform the way it uses resources with its initial focal on waste from plastics and food. TUI Group aims to eliminate unnecessary plastic packaging and items by 2025, building on its pre-pandemic plastic reduction program. By 2019, the company had already removed more than 257m single-use plastic items from its hotels, cruise ships, airlines and offices.

In addition, the company set the goal of reducing food waste in its hotels, on cruises and airlines by 25% by 2030. It is leveraging the experience gained from pilot projects, such as the food waste pilot project on board TUI Cruises ships. More initiatives are to follow.