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Port New York and New Jersey "Attracting Much Cleaner Vessels, and More of Them"
The Port of New York and New Jersey Monday said that, thanks to its recently amended Clean Vessel Incentive Program (CVI Program), "much cleaner vessels" are now calling at the port.
The port's amended CVI Program was launched on January 1, 2016, and the Authority says there were 253 qualifying vessel calls during the year's first quarter, a 35 percent increase from the same period of 2015, while earning incentives for clean vessels reached $385,000, a 10 percent increase year on year.
"The bottom line is this: the CVI Program is attracting much cleaner vessels, and more of them, to the Port Authority’s marine terminals," the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said.
NYK Line (North America) Inc. logged 49 vessel calls and $86,000 in incentive earnings - the most of any carrier.
The port also noted 16 qualifying vessel calls made by ships equipped with Tier II engines, twice the amount from last year, which earn additional financial incentive as they are capable of a 20 percent nitrogen oxide reduction compared to Tier I engines.
Another North American port this month has also acknowledged the benefits of its environmental initiatives.
Last week Canada's Vancouver Fraser Port Authority announced that it has awarded 12 shipping and three cruise lines its Blue Circle Award for 2015, recognising the operators who had reduced their emissions through any one of a variety of ways - including through the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkers, or scrubbers.
Under the Blue Circle Programme, vessels are entitled to a discount of up to 47 percent of harbour dues.
Earlier this month, the Northwest Seaport Alliance in Washington announced that it will participate in the Green Marine voluntary environmental certification programme for the maritime industry.
