The Port of Kristiansand has played an important role in the new emissions model in the Green Shipping Program!

The program's vision is for Norway to establish the world's most efficient and environmentally friendly shipping by being an effective instrument for implementing the government's strategies and platform.

Ports are one of the key players in the green maritime shift. Ports have their own emissions associated with their operations, in addition to the ships docked at the port producing emissions. There is a potentially large effect of green transition for ports. In the quest for a green transition of shipping, it has become increasingly clear that ports will play a key role in this process.

Common to all alternative fuels, which will eventually replace marine diesel or heavy oil, is that they will require more frequent bunkering and will also require a much more complex and complicated infrastructure on land. In addition to this, the traditional energy ports (import/export of oil/gas/coal) will also have to gradually restructure their activities as these products are phased out.

Traditional "green financing" has long focused on investments in specific environmental measures such as shore power. The need for more comprehensive restructuring has been less addressed by traditional financing schemes. Such comprehensive transitions must be supported by a broader range of investments and financing schemes that are not necessarily only linked to climate and the environment.

To promote green investments, banks can offer loans with favorable terms to ports that meet criteria for CO2 emission reductions over time (annual reporting). The preparation of the criteria is based on our work with an emissions model for the Port of Kristiansand.

There are two main elements that ports are measured on in the criteria: emissions per passenger and emissions per ton of cargo. The calculation for these emissions includes figures from general maritime emissions, port activities, energy consumption and production, to name a few.

We are proud that it is the model we have used at the Port of Kristiansand that forms the basis for the national criteria. The Port of Kristiansand has developed this model based on a desire to be able to document the effect of the measures we have implemented in our port operations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the port. Some of the measures that show good effect are shore and charging power for ships, procurement of zero-emission machinery and vehicles, and differentiation of port charges for ships with a low emission profile and ships that connect to shore power.