Copenhagen Malmö Port is committed to sustainable maritime operations and has taken steps to reduce its environmental impact and improve port efficiency, according to Offshore Energy.
Environment Ship Index
As disclosed, the discounts would be based on the Environmental Ship Index (ESI)—managed by the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH)—which tracks the environmental and climate impact of vessels based on an array of parameters, such as nitrogen oxide (NOx) and sulfur oxide (SOx) emissions, noise issues, voluntary carbon dioxide (CO2) reporting, and the ability to use onshore power supply (OPS).
According to the port, over 6,700 ships and 65 ports worldwide—of which some 40 are in Europe—use ESI as the basis for environmental differential incentives. CMP further elaborated that the ports choose the point level from which they want to provide a discount, but ESI must approve the incentives.
CMP’s ESI discount will reportedly amount to 5% of the ship due. Moreover, it is set to be provided to all categories of vessels calling in Copenhagen, Malmö and Visby that have attained 80 points or more according to the index’s requirements.
Shedding more light on this development, Ulrika Prytz Rugfelt, Chief Communications & Sustainability Officer, CMP, further underscored that choosing ESI was based on the fact that this system looks at “the whole picture”.
“The more measures ships take to reduce their environmental impact, the higher their score in the ESI system. Therefore, to motivate the vessels to be ambitious in their environmental work, CMP has chosen to provide a discount to the vessels that receive high ESI points,” she stated.
Eco-Friendly Initiatives
Driving its eco-friendly initiatives forward, Copenhagen Malmö Port recently also conducted a “comprehensive” study, together with partners Force Technology, DanPilot, By & Havn, and the Danish Maritime Authority, to assess the conditions needed for the safe arrival and departure of boxships at the new Ydre Nordhavn container terminal.
The port said that the new container terminal is anticipated to be operational in Q2 2025. It will offer a shorter entry route and continue fossil-free operations.
Concerning its momentum to go fossil-free, CPM decided to gradually shift to hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO100) for its machines at its existing container terminal from November 2023. Back then, container terminals in Hamburg, Germany, made the same pledge.
CPM shared that this move could help it slash fossil diesel consumption by approximately 60,000 liters per year—an equivalent of about 130 tonnes of CO2 annually.
Once Ydre Nordhavn is operational, CMP emphasized that it could eliminate all fossil fuels at all terminals in 2025.
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Source: Offshore Energy
