The green shipping corridor aims to connect Brazil’s Port of Vila do Conde with the Port of Karmøy in Norway and the Brazilian ports of Santos and Pecém with the Port of Rotterdam, according to a DNV study on the corridor.
Government representatives and shipping executives from Brazil, Norway and the Netherlands discussed the potential development of a green shipping corridor between Brazil and Europe.
The trilateral discussions build on a memorandum of understanding signed between Brazil and Norway in 2025 and has since expanded to include the Netherlands, Brazil’s Ministry of Ports and Airports said in a statement.
Participants reviewed the technical feasibility study identifying priority trade routes between Brazil and Europe. They also discussed the economic viability of using low- and zero-emission fuels, including FAME-based biofuels, ammonia and methanol, across these routes in the short, medium and long term.
Brazil already has the regulatory and financial mechanisms needed to support green shipping projects, according to Tetsu Koike, director of the Sector Policies, Planning and Innovation Programme at Brazil’s Ministry of Planning.
“The issue is not investment or regulation, because we have that. Ideally, we should ensure that vessels, ports, and terminals that are part of a green corridor have priority in financing, which depends on coordination and political, institutional, and technical decisions,” Koike said.
Participants also visited Brazil’s Port of Santos to review low- and zero-emission fuel projects that could support the proposed corridor, the ministry added.
The authorities have not disclosed a timeline for establishing the corridor.
Source: ENGINE,
