The three marinas in the Mediterranean marine received one year more the blue flag

• The marinas in Estepona, The Duchess in Manilva and Marina del Este, Almuñécar carry more than 20 years collecting this award, indicating that these port precincts meet the requirements set by again, result of prolonged work planning over time

The Mediterranean marine group, company that integrates the concessionaires of the marinas in Estepona, LA DUQUESA (Manilva) and Marina del Este (Almuñecar) celebrates winning the Blue Flag award at the three marinas it manages.

As commented by the managing director of the Marinas del Mediterráneo group, Manuel Raigón, "the awards are not just the recognition that we have met some, in this case environmental. They are also the consequence of doing things right in terms of the care and maintenance of our facilities and the quality in customer service".

And is that the achievement of this award is the result of the work well done and of continuous planning in time. In this sense, it should be recalled that Marinas del Mediterráneo has in place a Management System in the maintenance of the facilities of its marinas a preventive plan whose objective is, on the one hand, optimize own resources and, on the other, seek excellence in both customer service and the quality of customer service and facilities.

As indicated by the director of operations of the Mediterranean Marine Group, Alejandro Suanes, "With good management of a marina you can optimize resources so that all maintenance is planned and organized, which decreases the corrective maintenance required".

The trajectory of Blue Flags in the group's marinas speaks for itself. East Navy wears 25 years sporting this flag and the marinas of Estepona and The Duchess are 22 those who have been receiving this award.

This award is awarded by the European Foundation for Environmental Education (Fee) and the Association of Environmental and Consumer Education (Adeac) more than 30 years in recognition of environmental quality and are awarded following a comprehensive analysis of ADEAC technicians on safety conditions in the facilities, environmental and water quality, sustainable management, the services offered to the user, social integration, as well as the dissemination and formative work of each port.

Andalusia is the second Spanish community with the largest number of marinas that have received the blue flag with a total of seventeen, of which three are managed by Mediterranean Navies.