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.
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