Port of Rotterdam rewards the 25 most sustainable vessels with a discount
But only 6 qualify on original criteria and only one of those has called at Rotterdam The Port of Rotterdam Authority (PRA) says it will reward the 25 "cleanest" ocean-going vessels arriving in the Port of Rotterdam in 2011 and 2012 with a discount on port dues even if they do not meet he port's original target.Last year the World Port Climate Initiative introduced the Environmental Ship Index (ESI), under the auspices of the International Association of Ports and Harbors, in London.PRA was co-initiator of this index and says it is working with this new international benchmark for ship air emissions and in this way awards points to those ships performing better than the statutory norm. The ESI was introduced on 1 January and, in addition to Dutch ports, the ports of Antwerp, Hamburg, Oslo, Kiel, Bremen and the Green Award Foundation are using ESI to reward clean ships.So far 375 seagoing ships have been recorded in the ESI. This means that they all score better than the statutory norm."However," a PRA statement says, "the score required in order to qualify for the discount, 31 points, appears to be on the high side for the time being. Only six ships ...
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