The port of Rotterdam is ‘clean’ ships the reward port. The 25 cleanest ship in 2011 and 2012 in Rotterdam alongside quay will receive a discount the harbor.
Last year the Environmental Ship Index (ESI) introduced by the World Port Climate Initiative, under the auspices of the International Association of Ports and Harbors.
The Port Authority is co-initiator of this international standard for CO2 emissions from ships that outperform the legal standard. Meanwhile, 375 ships included in the ESI.
Of the six vessels that conform to this standard, has a built in Rotterdam, the Morning Carol that a five percent discount on port dues.
To qualify to come to a ship on the ESI-31 index points. It is clear that the practice is (now) still on the high side. To still the cleanest 25 ships to be rewarded, get the ships with a minimum score of 20 points the discount. It joins the Rotterdam harbor in Antwerp earlier this purpose was about.
Clean Shipping Index
Half of global pollution is caused by “only” 15 percent of ships. To make your choice easier clean ships, Richard Branson all 60,000 ships that sail the oceans in a Database put.
The North Sea Foundation took the initiative for the Clean Shipping Index for Dutch shippers. As the first Dutch shipper has AkzoNobel it is joined.