Environmental Ship Index still going strong

The International Association of Ports and Harbors issued a press release to provide an overview of the performance of the Environmental Ship Index (ESI) which is one of the major pillars of IAPH’s Ports Climate Initiative (WPCI).

The International Association of Ports and Harbors’ (IAPH) World Ports Climate Initiative (WPCI) was launched in November 2008 to
tackle global warming and climate change worldwide from a recognition that ports can contribute to and have responsibilities for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

So far, IAPH has counted a total of 3,809 ships with a positive ESI Score, of which 2,599 with scores over 20 and now has a total of 43 Incentive Providers (IP). On the incentive Providers side, there has been a new development since 1 February this year.

According to Mr. Fer van de Laar, WPCI Bureau Director, a new type of IP was enlisted, not a Port but a Classification Society, and DNV-GL will provide a 50 % discount on the subscription to their DNVGL ECO Insight Environmental Module.

Also since 1 January 2016,  IAPH has had an encouraging and promising trend as follows:

• The Port of Flåm and Gudvangen in Norway has introduced a quite innovative approach to their incentive: the ESI score expressed in % is the rebate on the harbour dues.
• The Norwegian Coastal Administration (Kystverket) from that that date onward will grant ships with a valid ESI certificate and a total ESI score of 50 points or higher, a 100 % rebate in the pilotage readiness fee.
• The Port of Ulsan joined with a 10 % rebate on port dues for ships with ESI Scores over 31.