The EPI solution enables ports to collect environmental accounting reports from visiting ships. The data is made available in an online portal showing details per ship as well as aggregated environmental data for all ship calls. This process is supported by DNV. One of the outputs from the EPI portal is an EPI score per port call giving an indicator of the ship’s environmental performance while at quay. The EPI score may be linked to an incentive system, honoring the good performers, and increasing the cost for persistent polluters.

For the ship owner the online reporting tool gives an overview of all port visits, a good environmental accounting report and a good understanding of how each ship performs. It will in general be beneficial for ship owners to report in order to receive benefit from the incentive system.

For more information, please visit www.epiport.org