OceanScore sees growing port adoption of PortView to measure environmental performance

Maritime data and sustainability company OceanScore reports growing adoption of PortView, its dedicated port emissions intelligence platform designed to help ports measure, understand and improve the impact of their environmental strategy.

Already used by more than 30 ports, PortView helps ports move beyond assumptions and fragmented reporting by providing continuous insight into vessel activity, emissions trends, and the effectiveness of environmental measures from cleaner vessel incentive schemes to infrastructure investments such as shore power and alternative fuels.

The growing relevance of such insight comes at a defining moment for European ports. The EU Ports Strategy, published in March 2026 by the European Commission, raises expectations for ports to reduce emissions, justify investments, and demonstrate measurable environmental progress to regulators, governments, customers and local communities. Yet translating these ambitions into practical, day-to-day decisions remains a major challenge, says OceanScore, and PortView is designed to help close that gap.

Rather than relying on infrequent studies or retrospective reporting, ports can use PortView to understand whether environmental incentive schemes are achieving their intended impact, how vessel behaviour evolves over time, where emissions hotspots emerge, and whether investments are aligned with actual vessel demand and sustainability trends.

Where ports have historically depended on infrequent consultancy reports or fragmented datasets, PortView delivers a continuous flow of vessel-level environmental data — broken down by vessel, vessel type, pollutant, time period, and even customised port areas, such as individual terminals or operational zones. This enables port teams to identify emission hotspots, evaluate the impact of shore power and other investments, design and assess vessel incentive schemes like Environmental Shipping Index (ESI), and report progress credibly to all stakeholders.

"Ports across the world are now expected to show measurable environmental leadership, not just commit to it," said Thomas Smith, Head of Cargo at OceanScore. 

“PortView gives port teams the continuous intelligence they need to make better decisions faster, reducing uncertainty around environmental performance, vessel trends and long-term planning.”

OceanScore's work in the ports sector extends beyond data products. The company is mandated by the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) to manage the Environmental Shipping Index (ESI) — the globally recognised scheme used by ports worldwide to incentivise and reward vessels for strong environmental performance.

The recently launched ESI Core (ESI 2.0), developed under IAPH’s leadership, represents the most significant evolution of the Environmental Ship Index (ESI) to date — a globally recognised framework used by ports to assess and incentivise vessel environmental performance. ESI Core introduces an updated methodology that more accurately reflects today’s shipping realities, strengthens incentives for cleaner operational practices and technologies, and improves reporting and transparency, including enhanced quarterly insights into vessel activity, sustainability trends and infrastructure needs for participating ports.

"ESI Core reflects how far the ports sector has come in its approach to environmental performance and how seriously ports are now taking the data behind those decisions," said Ralf Garrn, Managing Director at OceanScore.