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Topics: Environmental politics

The Port of Gothenburg want to reward the shipping companies for their green initiatives.

Growing number of vessels receive environmental discount at the Port of Gothenburg

Last year, one in three ships at the Port of Gothenburg received an environmental discount on the port charges. This represents an increase of 83 per cent on the previous year. Heading the discount list are Donsö-based shipping companies Tärntank Ship Management AB and Furetank AB, whose vessels are powered by liquefied natural gas.

Port of Gothenburg welcomes tax break in spring fiscal policy bill

The Port of Gothenburg welcomes the Swedish government proposal to ease tax on Onshore Power Supply for vessels. The Port has for a long time spoken out in favour of this technology and now hopes that the announcement will lead to greater use of the system.