THE port of hamburg has become the first port in Europe to provide shoreside power in the drive to eliminate shipping emissions at berths.
Initiated early May the development comes after two years of planning and EUR13 million (US$14 million) of investments in the necessary infrastructures, reports The Maritime Executive, Fort Lauderdale.
Hamburg, which is among Europe's top container ports, said that after years of supplying cruise ships with shoreside power, the technology is now also being used for cargo ships.
'It is in line with the port's net zero ambitions and European regulations which will in the future require the use of shore power to reduce in port emissions,' the port said in a statement.
The 18,000 TEU box ship CMA CGM Vasco de Gama became the first vessel to plug in to shore power at the Container Terminal Hamburg. The 2015 built container ship was able to be supplied with shore power following numerous tests with different systems and ships.
This comes as the number of vessels calling at the port maintained a steady increase in recent years.
In 2023, a total of 6,901 vessels representing 256 million gross tonnes at the port, nearly half of which were container ships. The port's container throughput amounted to 7.7 million TEU in 2023.
Hamburg expects to extend the offering to other parts of the port so that all its container terminals and cruise ship berths will have shore power available by 2025.
Ports across Europe are also working to meet the EU mandate which requires shore power by 2030.
The Port of Rotterdam began a trial project for shore power at its Rotterdam Shortsea Terminals in July 2023. That project is exploring the potential of a lower voltage installation for short sea shipping which would also create a cost saving for the port.
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Initiated early May the development comes after two years of planning and EUR13 million (US$14 million) of investments in the necessary infrastructures, reports The Maritime Executive, Fort Lauderdale.
Hamburg, which is among Europe's top container ports, said that after years of supplying cruise ships with shoreside power, the technology is now also being used for cargo ships.
'It is in line with the port's net zero ambitions and European regulations which will in the future require the use of shore power to reduce in port emissions,' the port said in a statement.
The 18,000 TEU box ship CMA CGM Vasco de Gama became the first vessel to plug in to shore power at the Container Terminal Hamburg. The 2015 built container ship was able to be supplied with shore power following numerous tests with different systems and ships.
This comes as the number of vessels calling at the port maintained a steady increase in recent years.
In 2023, a total of 6,901 vessels representing 256 million gross tonnes at the port, nearly half of which were container ships. The port's container throughput amounted to 7.7 million TEU in 2023.
Hamburg expects to extend the offering to other parts of the port so that all its container terminals and cruise ship berths will have shore power available by 2025.
Ports across Europe are also working to meet the EU mandate which requires shore power by 2030.
The Port of Rotterdam began a trial project for shore power at its Rotterdam Shortsea Terminals in July 2023. That project is exploring the potential of a lower voltage installation for short sea shipping which would also create a cost saving for the port.
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