Cavotec has won a series of orders in the second quarter with a total value of EUR 5M to equip some of the largest newbuild container ships with ShorePower systems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This EUR 5M is in addition to EUR 3M in orders already secured in the first quarter. Cavotec will supply...
Cavotec has been awarded a contract by Nidec ASI as part of their EUR 12 million deal to provide ShorePower to five cruise liner berths at Malta’s Valletta Grand Harbour. The project is part of a major EU funded initiative by Infrastructure Malta to electrify the entire harbour and reduce harmful portside ship emissions by...
The British Ports Association has issued a new report, “Reducing Emissions from Shipping in Ports: Examining the Barriers to Shore Power,” calling for the UK government to boost its support for shore power connections as a viable tool for meeting its net zero carbon emissions targets. The report suggests that this cannot be done without...
Three Corsica Linea ferries are using ABB’s shore power technology to cut emissions and noise pollution when berthed at the Port of Marseille, France. Instead of running diesel-fuelled auxiliary engines, Paglia Orba, Jean Nicoli and Pascal Paoli ferries will use electricity for power at berth. Each of the three vessels is being modified to feature...
AIDA Cruises, owned by Carnival Corporation, reports that as early as 2023, 94 per cent of all its guests will be sailing on ships that can be fully operated with low-emission liquefied natural gas (LNG) or, in port, with green shore power. The company is also planning on trialling fuel cells and batteries to achieve...
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has installed a Schneider electric EcoStructure Platform to provide shore power for ships docked at the Centerm Container Terminal, operated DP World Vancouver. The system is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ships while at berth. The platform allows ships to turn off their diesel engines and run on...
Holland America Line has announced it will retrofit three of its vessels with ABB shore power connectors to enable the ships to plug into the electrical grid when in port. The ABB shore connection technology allows ships to turn off all engines and switch to electricity generated in a power plant on shore. This both...
The Transport committee of the European Parliament has announced its support for the removal of tax barriers for the uptake of shore-side electricity supply in ports for ships at berth. The Ertug report on the deployment of infrastructure for alternative fuels in the EU, which was voted by the Transport committee, says that taxation has...
The Port of Long Beach, California, has cut diesel particulates emissions by 88 per cent, sulphur oxides (SOx) emissions by 97 per cent, and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions by 56 per cent since 2005 thanks to the utilisation of shore power for container ships and its Green Flag Vessel Speed Reduction Program. The port is...
A fully electric zero-emission passenger vessel, Future of the Fjords, has been launched in Norway. It is the result of a collaboration between several industry partners that wanted to develop an environmentally conscious, no emissions vessel. Comprising an electric propulsion system and a Power Dock floating charging station that can take on grey and black...
Schneider Electric has urged the UK to think further about providing renewable electricity to ships whilst in port to curb air pollution. According to the company, which provides renewable energy to a variety of industries, ports in the UK could reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from international shipping by the equivalent of 1.2m diesel...