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Six European ports on Tuesday launched an initiative aimed at cutting emissions from ships with some terminals offering discounts on port dues to cleaner vessels from January next year, officials involved said. A progressive global cut in nitrogen oxide (NOx), sulfur oxide (SOx) and particulate matter entered into force in July this year, although reductions will be staggered until 2020.
The emissions standards were adopted by United Nations' shipping agency the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 2008.
The European ports of Le Havre, Bremen, Hamburg, Antwerp, Amsterdam and Rotterdam have developed an environmental ship index (ESI) which calculates a vessel's green performance and aims to encourage owners to speed up emissions cuts on a voluntary basis, port officials said.
"We look at the requirements of the IMO and that is our starting point," said Fer van der Laar, European managing director of the International Association of Ports and Harbors.
"Anything above that we will reward," he told a news conference at the launch of the initiative in London.
A ship's efficiency performance will be measured according to a baseline and then awarded points from zero to 100 according to how much more efficient the ship is compared with the IMO emission standards.
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