Tag: Environmental Ship Index

The Environmental Ship Index (ESI) entered a new era in March, with the confirmation of an expanded suite of performance modules to support ports and vessel owners on the journey to decarbonisation and lowering emissions.

The Port of Gothenburg will rework its port charge with effect from January 1, 2015

Port of Sohar to promote best practices

Port of Rotterdam: Cosco Pride the most sustainable ship in 2012

Green Award Foundation and Environmental Ship Index join forces

Shipping carriers have become the inaugural participants Six shipping carriers have become the inaugural participants in the Port of Los Angeles Environmental Ship Index (ESI), an international clean air program that rewards ocean carriers for bringing their newest and cleanest vessels to the Port. Developed through the International Association of Ports & Harbors' World Ports Climate Initiative, the ESI program is the first of its kind in North America and the Pacific Rim.Shipping carriers Evergreen, Hamburg Süd North America, Inc, Hapag-Lloyd AG Maersk Line, Nippon Yusen Kaisha and Yang Ming have registered for the global program and will begin receiving incentives later this year."We applaud these early adopters of the ESI program and encourage not only other carriers to participate but also other ports to join this global port program,"saidPort Executive Director Geraldine Knatz Ph.D. "Growing participation among ports worldwide will increase the level of incentives available to ship operators that invest in and deploy the cleanest, most efficient and environmentally friendly fleets."The web-based ESI program, already underway at 14 European ports, offers immediate and significant clean air benefits by rewarding vessel operators for voluntary engine, fuel and technology enhancements that reduce emissions from ships beyond the regulatory environmental standards ...

Environmental Ship Index (ESI) program, will take effect from the start of July The Port of Los Angeles has become the first US port to adopt an international clean air program that rewards ocean carriers for bringing their newest and cleanest vessels to the port.The Environmental Ship Index (ESI) program, will take effect from the start of July following the formal approval of the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners.The ESI, already underway at several major European ports, is a web-based tool developed by the World Ports Climate Initiative (WPCI), a project of the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH).The ESI program offers immediate and significant clean air benefits by rewarding vessel operators for voluntary engine, fuel and technology enhancements that reduce emissions from ships beyond the regulatory environmental standards set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).Ship emissions are the single-largest source of air pollution from port-related operations.While diesel particulate matter (DPM) and sulfur oxide (SOx) emissions from ships calling at the Port of Los Angeles decreased 68 percent and 74 percent, respectively, between 2005 and 2010, Los Angeles sees the ESI as another strong step to encourage the building and deployment of cleaner-burning ships in the TransPacific trade ...

Global Environmental Ship Index Initiative Builds on Five Years of Clean Air Action Plan Success The Port of Los Angeles is working with the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) to develop incentive program strategies to participate in the Environmental Ship Index (ESI) Program starting in 2012.ESI is an international web-based ship-rating system ports can use to promote clean ships by rewarding operators whose vessels exceed current environmental performance standards and regulations. Port staff presented an outline of the program to the Board of Harbor Commissioners last week and expects to submit recommendations for participation in the program to the Board by early 2012.The announcement comes on the fifth anniversary of the Port's adoption of the Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP), a landmark pollution reduction initiative whose measures have helped to cut harmful air emissions from port-related sources in the San Pedro Bay by as much as 76 percent. The CAAP was designed as a blueprint for charting a permanent course for the Port of Los Angeles to operate the cleanest, most environmentally sustainable port. In 2010, the Port reaffirmed its commitment to the CAAP by expanding its programs and setting more aggressive targets with near-term goals through 2014 ...

Green ships calling at Antwerp are now being rewarded by a discount Environment-friendly ships calling at Antwerp are now being rewarded by a discount but it seems Rotterdam is finding that the scheme may initially need a lower threshold.The Environmental Ship Index (ESI) initiative by the International Association of Ports and Harbours developed a free online index which enables ships to register their Green status and ports to register the benefits they are willing to give to cleaner vessels.The ports in involved, Le Havre, Bremen, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Antwerp, have started their schemes to offer discounts, but while Antwerp is just starting, Rotterdam, which opened its scheme in January still has no takers, and so it is wondering whether a little flex is needed in the system to make it more attractive.On the basis of data such as fuel consumption and emissions, each ship is given a score on a scale from 0 to 100 (from highly polluting to emission-free). So far more than 250 ships have been given a score.Tie Schellekens of the port of Rotterdam told PS that We started offering discounts to ships with 31 points, but nobody has qualified for this yet, so we are ...