The food waste collected on Viking XPRS, Viking Grace and Viking Glory continues its eco-cycle as raw material for biogas production. During the year, we collected 1,307 tonnes of food waste; this produces around 99,000 cubic metres of biogas, which corresponds to 112,000 litres of petrol.
Since 2014, nearly 94,000kg of carpet has been returned from the company’s vessels to carpet supplier Tarkett, which launched a pioneering project a few years ago to reuse used carpets from its corporate customers. The carpets are collected at the end of their life and reprocessed into raw material for new carpets.
At the end of 2022, Viking Line entered into an agreement with the Finnish company Rester Oy regarding the receiving and recycling of old textiles. Through various processes, old textiles from the ships are broken down into fibres, which can then be reused in new material. Rester’s concept is completely new in Finland, and at Viking Line we are both proud and joyful that we are able to participate in the important work of recycling textile waste to reduce the environmental impact.
VESSELS | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Volumes | |||
Passengers | 4,945,564 | 2,315,137 | 1,927,302 |
Cars | 630,651 | 442,484 | 356,809 |
Cargo units | 117,777 | 129,278 | 125,693 |
Total distance (000 km) | 1,083 | 877 | 802 |
Resource consumption | |||
Fuel oil (tonnes) | 74,478 | 51,003 | 51,698 |
Lubricating oil (m³) | 432 | 432 | 398 |
Urea (m³) | 40 | 151 | 240 |
Fresh water (m³) | 237,737 | 133,832 | 125,663 |
LNG (tonnes) | 12,155 | 12,523 | 14,609 |
Emissions (tonnes) | |||
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) | 4,278 | 2,909 | 2,532 |
Sulphur oxides (SOx) | 134 | 104 | 93 |
Carbon dioxide (CO2) | 267,701 | 217,418 | 203,074 |
Residual products (tonnes) | |||
Solid waste for combustion | 1,577 | 1,030 | 1,065 |
Waste sent to landfills | 86 | 31 | 67 |
Waste for recycling | 757 | 388 | 464 |
Biowaste | 1,307 | 494 | 470 |
Hazardous waste | 17 | 18 | 36 |
Wastewater pumped ashore (m³) | |||
Grey and black water | 222,311 | 131,116 | 120,717 |
Bilge water | 5,787 | 5,409 | 7,148 |
Waste oil (m³) | 1,048 | 1,058 | 977 |
VIKING LINE BUSS AB | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Number of kilometres driven | 865,973 | 655,987 | 681,084 |
Amount of diesel consumed (litres) | 271,811 | 204,650 | 196,870 |
Water use (m³) | 362 | 274 | 325 |
Garage electrical consumption (kWh) | 55,324 | 65,584 | 67,935 |