The variation of port infrastructure charges should be allowed in order to promote short sea shipping and to attract waterborne vessels which have an environmental performance, energy efficiency or carbon efficiency of transport operations, in particular offshore or onshore maritime transport operations, that is better than average.
Ba cheart an éagsúlacht i muirir ar bhonneagar calafoirt a cheadú chun loingseoireacht ghearrthurais a chur chun cinn agus chun soithí uisce-iompartha a mhealladh a bhfuil feidhmíocht chomhshaoil, éifeachtúlacht fuinnimh nó éifeachtúlacht carbóin oibríochtaí iompair acu, go háirithe i gcás na n-oibríochtaí iompair mhuirí amach ón gcósta nó ar an mórthír, atá níos fearr ná an meán.