Five of Tallink Silja’s cruise ships, departing from Finland, have become the world’s first passenger vessels to obtain Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Chain of Custody certification for the seafood that they serve.
Tallink Group is one of the largest maritime carriers of passengers and cargo in the Baltic Sea region, and customers on its vessels Silja Serenade, Silja Symphony, Baltic Princess, Galaxy and Silja Europa currently consume around 160 metric tons (MT) of shrimp and 22 MT of herring annually, which will now be MSC-certified.
The carrier strives to source sustainably and to guide its customers toward making the right choices, said Marika Nöjd, communications director at Tallink Silja.
“The MSC is the world’s most credible environmental certificate for sustainably caught seafood, so the MSC Chain of Custody certification implemented on our vessels is a natural step towards advancing our sustainable development work. In the future, we intend to get MSC certification for all of our ships operating on the Baltic Sea,” she said.
