Cold Ironing/Electrification
Cold ironing (shore connection, shore-to-ship power (SSP), onshore power supply (OPS) or alternative maritime power (AMP), is the process of providing dockside electrical power to a ship at berth while its main and auxiliary engines are turned off. Cold ironing allows emergency equipment, refrigeration, cooling, heating, lighting and other equipment to receive continuous electric power while the ship loads or unloads its cargo. This reduces gaseous emissions, noise and vibrations within ports, benefitting port workers and nearby residents. The EALING project (European flagship Action for coLd ironING in ports) is an EU project to electrify all port energy supply.
Port of Pasaia considers options for cold ironing
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) November 19, 2024 – The Basque port of Pasaia is looking at three options for the first phase of the introduction of onshore...
Port of Naples progresses cold ironing project
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) November 12, 2024 – The Environment Commission, chaired by Carlo Migliaccio, met with representatives of the Central...
Four ports in Northern Europe receive EU cold ironing funds
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 11, 2024 – With joint support of €18.8 million from the EU fund Connecting Europe Facility for the project...
Valletta port cold ironing for cruise liners and ferries
Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) October 31, 2024 – A successful Phase 1 of a shore power project for multiple cruise liners simultaneously in Malta’s...
Asyaport, the first Turkish terminal with cold ironing
Tekirdag, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 30, 2024 – Turkey’s largest transit container terminal Asyaport in Barbaros/Tekirdağ has commissioned an...
Government supports EU funding for Rijeka port cold ironing
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) October 26, 2024 – Last week, the Government agreed that the Rijeka Port Authority could use Connecting Europe Facility...
Cavotec signs two shore power orders for Mediterranean Ports
Lugano, Switzerland (Ports Europe) October 25, 2024 – Cavotec has signed two contracts, totalling €6.5 million, to supply PowerMove shore power systems...
TotalEnergies will supply renewable energy to the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 22, 2024 – TotalEnergies has signed a contract with the Port of Barcelona to supply 23 GWh of renewable...
Port of Bilbao awards technical cold ironing contract
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – As part of its Energy Transition Plan, the Bilbao Port Authority has launched the BilbOPS initiative,...
BioCNG-to-Cold Ironing, a new BlueBARGE sister project
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) October 20, 2024 – BlueBARGE Project, a programme funded by the European Union (EU) Horizon Europe program involving 14...
Port of La Rochelle introduces cold ironing
La Rochelle, France (Ports Europe) October 18, 2024 – The Grand Port Maritime de La Rochelle has announced that it is now equipped with twelve new...
Port of Gijon plans cold ironing for container ships
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2024 – EALINGWorks Gijonport, presented by the Port Authority of Gijón, has received a grant of 2,610,000 euros...
APM Terminals Maasvlakte II will use shore power from 2028
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) October 15, 2024 – APM Terminals Maasvlakte II (MVII) will equip its terminal with shore power from 2028. Also...
ESPO, FEPORT calls for “cold ironing” tax exemption
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) October 4, 2024 – The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) and the Federation of European Private Port Companies and...
European ports visit Barcelona to see new cold ironing progress
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2024 – Some members of the Power-to-Ship working group of the World Ports Climate Action Program (WPCAP) have...
Successful pilot with moveable shore power for sea-going vessels in Rotterdam port
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – A recent pilot with moveable battery containers with onshore power supply (OPS) was completed...
ESPO and FEPORT demand EU wide tax exemption for cold ironing
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) September 26, 2024 – An EU-wide mandatory tax exemption for onshore power supply (OPS, cold ironing) in the compromise...
Port Authority of the Balearic Islands will invest in cold ironing
Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) September 24, 2024 – Port Authority of the Balearic Islands (APB) will invest €30 million between now...
Port of Pozzallo receives funding for cold ironing
Pozzallo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) September 19, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has approved the request of the Port System...
Port of Barcelona, first zero-emissions call for a container ship
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona has received its first ship, which has switched off its engines whilst docked....