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One third of vessels calling Gothenburg in 2016 got a green discount

One third of vessels calling Gothenburg in 2016 got a green discount
One third of vessels that called at the Port of Gothenburg last year received an environmental discount.

Some 75 vessels calling at the Swedish port received a 10% environmental discount on port dues last year compared to 41 in 2015, an increase of 83%.

“The growing number of vessels classified as green is highly encouraging. They are also vessels that call at the port on a regular basis,” said Edvard Molitor, environmental manager at the Port of Gothenburg.

For vessels running on LNG there are further discounts of up to 30%.

The LNG powered vessels Ternsund and Fure West, owned by Donsö-based shipping companies Tärntank Ship Management and Furetank both received 30% discounts last year when they called Gothenburg port.

The discount is based on two separate environmental indexes, Environmental Ship Index (ESI) and Clean Shipping Index (CSI). Vessels that have a score of at least 30 according to ESI, or which are classified as green according to CSI, receive a 10% discount on the port charges.