Fairway Charges

The election manifesto requires that heavy transports are directed to rail and sustainable shipping and that politics, not the individual, is responsible for ensuring cheap climate-smart alternatives exist. The party programme points out economic instruments as a necessary tool against environmental threats. That fairway charges' environmental differentiation is analyzed and developed in a bonus malus model, so that electrically driven vessels without carbon dioxide emissions are not penalized, follows directly from these commitments.

• goods from road to shippingdecisive»Tunga transporter behöver styras till järnväg och hållbar sjöfart.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Heavy transports need to be directed to rail and sustainable shipping.”
• economic instruments»Därför behövs en kraftfull lagstiftning, ekonomiska styrmedel, långsiktig samhällsplanering, klimatinvesteringar« (party programme ↗)“Therefore, powerful legislation is needed, economic instruments, long-term societal planning, climate investments”
• politics creates sustainable choices»Det är politikens, och inte individens, ansvar att skapa möjligheter för människor att välja enkla och billiga klimatsmarta alternativ.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is politics', and not the individual's, responsibility to create opportunities for people to choose simple and cheap climate-smart alternatives.”
• electrified transport»För att göra såväl person- som godstransporter hållbara behöver vägnätet både elektrifieras och kompletteras med infrastruktur för andra hållbara drivmedel.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To make both personal and goods transport sustainable, the road network needs to both be electrified and supplemented with infrastructure for other sustainable fuels.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme establishes that road transport shall be replaced with rail transport and maritime traffic and that economic instruments are one of the most important instruments of environmental policy. The election manifesto binds the party to the principle that the polluter pays and to the goal that Sweden becomes the world's first fossil-free welfare state. Analyzing the environmental differentiation of fairway fees so that zero-emission vessels are not disadvantaged thus follows from the plan.

• shift of goods to maritime trafficdecisive»vägtransporter ersätts med järnvägstransporter och sjötrafik.« (party programme ↗)“road transport is replaced with rail transport and maritime traffic.”
• the polluter pays»Vi ska verka för att ett globalt koldioxidpris införs med principen att förorenaren betalar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall work for a global carbon price to be introduced with the principle that the polluter pays.”
• economic instruments for the environment»forskningssatsningar, lagstiftning och olika ekonomiska styrmedel är de viktigaste« (party programme ↗)“research investments, legislation and various economic instruments are the most important”
• fossil-free as goal»Sverige ska bli världens första fossilfria välfärdsnation.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden shall become the world's first fossil-free welfare state.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme's key instrument principle is that what is good for the environment should be cheap and what is bad should be expensive, and that economic instruments should make environmentally friendly alternatives cheaper. Electric vessels without carbon dioxide emissions receiving increased fairway charges contradicts that principle, and a review with a developed bonus malus model corrects it. The programme moreover wants to shift freight from road to maritime transport, which the counter-proposal explicitly aims for.

• environment-steering pricingdecisive»Det som är bra för människor och miljö ska vara billigt, det som är dåligt ska vara dyrt och det som är alltför skadligt ska förbjudas.« (party programme ↗)“What is good for people and the environment should be cheap, what is bad should be expensive and what is too harmful should be forbidden.”
• instruments that favour the clean»De ekonomiska styrmedlen bör vara en kombination av åtgärder som gör mer miljövänliga alternativ billigare och de miljöskadliga dyrare att använda.« (party programme ↗)“Economic instruments should be a combination of measures that make more environmentally friendly alternatives cheaper and environmentally harmful ones more expensive to use.”
• freight from road to maritime»Vi vill bygga ut och utveckla järnväg, sjöfart och kombiterminaler så att godstransporter på väg kan minska.« (party programme ↗)“We want to build and develop railways, maritime transport and combined terminals so that road freight transport can decrease.”
• price maritime transport's emissions»höja priset på utsläppsrätter i EU, inkludera utsläpp från flyg och sjöfart i systemet och införa klimattullar på varor från länder utanför EU.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“raise the price on emissions allowances in the EU, include emissions from aviation and maritime transport in the system and introduce climate tariffs on goods from countries outside the EU.”

The plan establishes that it must cost more to pollute and that it must always be profitable to be environmentally protective and unprofitable to destroy the environment. A fee system that raises fees for emission-free vessels contravenes this, and the plan already uses differentiated fees to favour clean vehicles. A review with bonus malus direction thus follows from the plan.

• polluter paysdecisive»Det ska kosta mer att smutsa ner.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It must cost more to pollute.”
• profitable to be environmentally protective»Det ska alltid vara lönsamt att vara miljövårdande och olönsamt att agera miljöförstörande.« (party programme ↗)“It must always be profitable to be environmentally protective and unprofitable to act in an environmentally destructive way.”
• differentiated charges favour clean vehicles»Elbilarna ska främjas med hjälp av fler laddplatser, differentierade trängselskatter som gynnar miljöbilar och bättre parkeringsmöjligheter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Electric cars shall be promoted with the help of more charging stations, differentiated congestion charges that favour environmental vehicles and better parking opportunities.”
• shipping's transition»Mer behöver göras för att flyget, sjöfarten och jordbruket ska kunna ställa om till förnybara drivmedel med stärkt konkurrenskraft.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More must be done to enable aviation, shipping and agriculture to switch to renewable fuels with strengthened competitiveness.”

The election manifesto establishes that the polluter – no one else – should pay, and the party programme that all transport modes should bear their climate costs and that electrification of the transport sector should be accelerated. A fee system that raises fairway charges for electrically powered ships without carbon dioxide emissions contradicts this. An analysis of the effects of fees and environmental differentiation thus follows from the plan, as does its desire to shift goods from road to sea freight.

• the polluter paysdecisive»Den som förorenar ska betala. Det är den som förorenar – ingen annan – som ska betala.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The polluter should pay. It is the polluter – no one else – who should pay.”
• transport modes bear climate costs»Beroendet av fossila bränslen måste brytas och alla transportslag måste stå för sina klimatkostnader.« (party programme ↗)“Dependence on fossil fuels must be broken and all transport modes must bear their climate costs.”
• accelerated electrification»Elektrifieringen av transportsektorn ska påskyndas.« (party programme ↗)“Electrification of the transport sector should be accelerated.”
• goods from road to sea»Goda möjligheter till sjötransporter är ett viktigt inslag i infrastrukturen. Stora godsvolymer kan transporteras« (party programme ↗)“Good opportunities for sea transport are an important part of infrastructure. Large cargo volumes can be transported”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires that economic and legal instruments be designed so that the most economically and environmentally efficient communication systems are stimulated and that instruments create economic incentives to act environmentally responsibly. A fee system that raises the fee for electric vessels with no carbon emissions counteracts this. An analysis of fairway fees' effects and a developed bonus-malus model therefore follow from the plan, as does the goal of shifting freight to environmentally friendly transport modes.

• instruments shall reward efficient systemsdecisive»ska utformas så att de samhällsekonomiskt och miljömässigt mest effektiva kommunikationssystemen stimuleras.« (party programme ↗)“shall be designed so that the most economically and environmentally efficient communication systems are stimulated.”
• economic incentives for environmental choice»att skapa ekonomiska motiv att agera miljövänligt för såväl konsumenter som producenter.« (party programme ↗)“create economic incentives to act environmentally responsibly for both consumers and producers.”
• freight to environmentally friendly transport»Det bör dock eftersträvas att mer av godstransporterna i första hand sker med miljövänliga« (party programme ↗)“The aim should be that more of freight transport first and foremost takes place with environmentally friendly”
• transport modes bear their own costs»Målet ska vara att respektive transportslag bär sina egna samhällsekonomiska« (party programme ↗)“The goal shall be that each transport mode bears its own socio-economic”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants to transform the transport sector through electrification and change the energy policy goal to 100 percent fossil-free, which is incompatible with charges that penalize electric-powered ships without carbon dioxide emissions. To analyze the effects of fairway charges and develop environmental differentiation is thus in line with the plan's transformation logic. The plan also invests in fossil-free fuels, which strengthens the conclusion.

• electrification of transportdecisive»Vår politik syftar därför till att ställa om transportsektorn genom elektrifiering.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Our policy therefore aims to transform the transport sector through electrification.”
• fossil-freedom as benchmark»Ändra det energipolitiska målet från 100 procent förnybart till 100 procent fossilfritt« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Change the energy policy goal from 100 percent renewable to 100 percent fossil-free”
• fossil-free fuels»Satsa på tillverkning av biodrivmedel« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Invest in the production of biofuels”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants to strengthen Swedish shipping and sees harbours and shipping as an important part of Sweden's import and export. Analyzing the effects of fairway charges when today's environmental differentiation raises the fee for emission-free ships connects to the plan's demand that measures should be environmentally effective and guided by evidence and competitiveness. Recommending a bonus-malus model lies further from the plan, which lowers certainty.

• strengthened Swedish shippingdecisive»Stärka svensk sjöfart« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen Swedish shipping”
• environmental efficiency per krona»Sträva efter miljöeffektivitet och hitta de åtgärder som ger mest miljö per krona« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strive for environmental efficiency and find the measures that provide the most environment per krona”
• evidence and competitiveness»Evidens, resultat och svensk konkurrenskraft ska styra genomförandet av klimatmål i högre utsträckning än politikers vilja att gå först och längst.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Evidence, results and Swedish competitiveness should guide the implementation of climate targets to a greater extent than politicians' desire to go first and furthest.”
• shipping for trade»Hamnar och sjöfarten är en viktig del i Sveriges import och export.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Harbours and shipping are an important part of Sweden's import and export.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.