The “world’s first” port with three ship shore power systems for cruise liners to turn off diesel engines and connect to shoreside electricity to reduce emissions. By Del Williams, Technical Writer The
The global push to decarbonize has led to the development and implementation of hundreds of vessels with batteries onboard, enabling some zero-emissions operation. These hybrid and electric vessels need some means of
Hadsund, Denmark, headquartered PowerCon AS is to deliver five shore power systems for cruise ships. When installed in the Port of Miami by the end of the year, the combined system will
Marine technical managers and engineers are tasked with reducing the industry’s greenhouse gas emissions by half or more by 2050 to meet a UN International Maritime Organization goal. To examine the latest
Perema, Greece, headquartered ballast water treatment specialist Erma First S.A. is getting into the cold ironing business. It has launched Blue Connect, a high-voltage shore power solution designed to seamlessly facilitate a
As part of its efforts to minimize carbon emissions from its fleet, Sweden’s Stena Line has signed a contract with Yara Marine Technologies to install Yara Marine’s shore power solution on board
Estonian operator Tallink is to fit its LNG-fueled 2,800-passenger, 646-car Megastar ferry with an ABB shore connection system that will allow to plug into the local grid for quiet and emission-free overnight
Bømlo, Norway, based Zinus AS is to supply autonomous charging connections for the 10 all-electric ferries currently under construction at Spain’s Astillero Gondán. As we reported earlier, the ferries are being built
In a ceremony held in Rostock-Warnemünde yesterday during Germany’s 12th National Maritime Conference, the 2,174-passenger cruise ship AIDAsol inaugurated Europe’s largest shore power plants for ships. The power plant has been established
OCTOBER 29, 2018 — Carnival Corporation subsidiary Holland American Line has retrofitted three of its vessels with ABB shore power connectors, allowing them to turn off all engines and draw on land-based
