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Under the agreement, the ports will further strengthen ongoing cooperation on decarbonisation and digitisation, reports London's Port Technology.

As part of the Green Corridor initiative, the ports will establish a common framework for cooperation to promote the use of alternative fuels to meet goals of the Paris Climate Accords.

The parties intend to connect the Green Corridor between Gothenburg and Rotterdam to a larger network of deep-sea corridors - including the European Green Corridors Network launched in March this year by the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Centre for Zero-Carbon Shipping.

Rotterdam recently also launched a large Green Corridor initiative with the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.

"This Green Corridor initiative is part of our ongoing efforts to bring together parties across the supply chain to help realise more sustainable shipping in support of the Paris Agreement," said Allard Castelein, CEO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority.

"As one of the world's most sustainable ports since many years, we are happy to share and spread our experience, as well as taking steps forward and joining forces with other world ports like the port of Rotterdam," said Elvir Dzanic, CEO of the Gothenburg Port Authority.

"By fulfilling the pledges of the Clydebank Declaration from COP26 through green corridors, we can now present a more distinct path towards the decarbonisation of shipping."

The Gothenburg Port Authority is collaborating with Stena Line, DFDS, Orsted and Liquid Wind to establish Europe's first electromethanol (e-fuels) hub.

The parties are engaging to set up an eMethanol value chain with the determination to have significant volumes of eMethanol accessible at the Port of Gothenburg.