After North Sea Port, Port of Gothenburg signs green shipping corridor deal with Port of Rotterdam

According to the deal, Sweden's Gothenburg and the Netherlands' Rotterdam seek to accelerate decarbonisation efforts and boost alternative fuels uptake.

PHOTO: Aerial view of Port of Gothenburg. Port of Gothenburg

Rotterdam hosted the world's first barge-to-ship methanol bunker operation in May 2021, while Gothenburg expects e-methanol to be supplied by 2024.

Gothenburg and Rotterdam will connect their green corridor to a wider network of deep-sea corridors, including the European Green Corridors Network that was launched by a range of ports in coordination with the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Center for Zero-Carbon Shipping in March.

Last week, the Port of Gothenburg and the Belgian North Sea Port announced that they will establish a green corridor between them to spur uptake of alternative fuels from ocean-going vessels by 2025.

Also this year, Rotterdam and the Port Authority of Singapore announced plans for a green corridor that could become the world's biggest.

Shipping classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has been promoting green shipping corridors. As ABS chief Christopher Wiernicki puts it, "green corridors will contribute to the development of clean energy transition strategies that will highlight shipping as a value enabler."

By Konica Bhatt

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