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"Eco-Friendly" Ships to Receive Discounts at Port de Marseille Fos
The Port de Marseille Fos today announced that it has joined the World Ports Climate Initiative (WPCI) and is set to reduce port dues for "eco-friendly" ships.
From July 1, 2017, eligible ships among the 236 container carriers and cruise vessels that call at the port will be able to receive the discounts, with other sectors slated to be added in 2018.
"The port was the first in France and the Mediterranean to announce such a facility following an agreement with Corsica and Sardinia ferry operator La Meridionale. The company’s three ships have been equipped since January," explained the port in a statement.
"For each vessel, CO2 and particle emissions have been cut by the equivalent of more than 3,000 vehicles per day on the 64km route from Marseille to Aix, while NOx emissions are down by the equivalent of 65,000 vehicles per day."
The port notes that, in a further green initiative, it has launched a website link to reinforce its cooperation with AirPACA - the air quality monitoring association for the Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur region.
The port joined AirPACA in 2004, and has been supplying annual maritime traffic statistics to support air quality analysis since 2015.
"The association has used this data to produce a highly reliable real-time ‘pollution map’ which has previously been unpublished within the port domain but which will now be available at www.marseille-port.fr," notes the port.
In 2015, the Marseille Fos Port Authority announced that it was set to introduce shore power for ships berthed in the port, claiming it as a first for both France and the Mediterranean.
