The APB publishes its Annual and Sustainability Reports

The APB publishes its Annual and Sustainability Reports

Palma

06/09/2017

Around this time each year the Port Authority of the Balearic Islands (APB) publishes two reports summarising the general status of the public body in the previous financial year.

The Sustainability Report is a detailed guide offering an insight into many aspects of the Port Authority. Readers of the document can find out about the organisation's functioning, its governing bodies, the infrastructure constructed and under construction, and traffic data. They can also delve into the financial, social and environmental aspects of the public body.

The Annual Report offers more specific data regarding the projects undertaken in 2016 and the economic and social progress of the ports it manages. Finding out about the current situation of a port authority, also entails finding out, to a large extent, about the economic situation of the area it is in. Therefore, each year the APB publishes both documents that compile all the financial data, traffic statistics, works undertaken and, ultimately, the evolution of Balearic port activity in the previous financial year.

In general, the trend of economic recovery continues. Freight traffic continues, without change, the essential provider functions, supplying the goods and services that the Balearic Islands require. Cruise liner activity continues to strengthen, growing particularly well at the Port of Mahon. In this respect and in line with the principles established by the APB in recent years regarding environmental protection, a sensor system has been implemented that will evaluate the impact of maritime traffic (both commercial traffic and cruise liners).
Finally, the Annual Report highlights that recreational sailing continues in good health and that it creates specialised employment on the islands year-on-year.

With the publication of both documents, the APB continues to show the Balearic society its commitment to transparency, facilitating any information it may find useful whenever it is required.
 

Both reports are available on: www.portsdebalears.com