What’s news:
- In 2016, 75 vessels, representing one in three ship calls, applied for and earned a discount of 10% on port charges at the Port of Gothenburg, Sweden.
- In 2015, the first year of the initiative, only 41 vessels earned a discount.
- The port says it uses two established green indexes to decide if ships are eligible for the saving. These are the Environmental Shipping Index and the Clean Shipping Index.
- The port also offers an additional discount for any ship using LNG as a fuel, up to 30%.
- The port is now saying it is even easier to seek an environmental discount. With effect from January 1, 2017, registration takes place automatically when vessels call at the port.
- Vessels running on LNG will still need to report to the Gothenburg Port Authority to secure the discount.
More details from the Port of Gothenburg press site.
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