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 Bilbao starts dock electrification
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2023 – As part of its commitment to the environment, Bilbao Port Authority will start implementing its dock...
Dock electrification of the Port of Valencia begins
València, Spain (PortSEurope) June 5, 2023 – The first dock electrification project, cold ironing, of the Port of València will be launched this June....
Port of Barcelona starts electrification of ferry terminal
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) June 2, 2023 – The Port of Barcelona and VINCI Energies Spain have begun work on the construction project for the pilot...
Port of Termoli signs contract for “cold ironing”
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) May 26, 2023 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSPMAM) has signed a contract with company...
Port of Barcelona installs OPS at Hutchison Ports BEST terminal
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 17, 2023 – Work to install the first Onshore Power Supply (OPS) for container ships has begun at the Hutchison Ports...
Port of Barcelona approves tender for the extension of Adossat quay
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 27, 2023 – The Board of Directors of the Port of Barcelona has approved the launch of the tender to build the...
Port of Huelva will join the EU EALING cold ironing project
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) April 24, 2023 – The Port of Huelva will join the European project called EALING (European flagship action for cold ironing...
Port of Gioia Tauro to receive state funds for dock electrification
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) April 17, 2023 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has agreed to provide funds for the electrification of a...
Port of La Spezia to electrify the Garibaldi Pier
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) April 6, 2023 – The Port of La Spezia has signed an agreement to electrify the Garibaldi Pier, a dock presently used by...
Port of Algeciras takes steps towards dock electrification
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) March 30, 2023 – The Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras is taking two initiatives to develop dock side electrification...
Romania’s Constanta Port obtains financing for cold ironing
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) February 25, 2023 – The National Company Administratia Porturilor Maritime SA Constanta has obtained financing for a...
Port of Barcelona takes step towards dock electrification
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) February 23, 2023 – The Port of Barcelona will launch a tender to build an electrical substation that will become the main...
FEPORT calls for cold ironing clarity
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) February 20, 2023 – Industry association FEPORT has called for port authorities to take a central role in the adoption of...
Largest shore power project in the world in the Port of Miami
Miami, USA (PortSEurope) February 19, 2022 – PowerCon has won the world’s largest shore power project for cruise ships. It was awarded the project in the...
Smart Grid project planned for the Port of Trieste
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 15, 2023 – New funding of €18 million has been confirmed for a Smart Grid project in the Port of Trieste. The...
HAROPA starts dockside electrification in Port of Rouen
Rouen, France (Ports Europe) February 10, 2023 – The French HAROPA PORT group is starting a project to install dock electrification at its inland ports...
Major milestone in UK’s race to net zero maritime with £77 million boost
A multi-million-pound Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure (ZEVI) competition launched to help decarbonise the UK’s maritime sector – February...
Port of Messina to tender dock electrification process
Messina, Italy (Ports Europe) February 2, 2023 – The ports of Messina, Reggio Calabria and Milazzo, represented by Invitalia, have published a tender for...
Port of Civitavecchia looks at dock electrification
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2023 – The Port of Civitavecchia has appointed a consortium to produce a feasibility study for dock...
Nidec ASI won the Port of Sète tender for a “shore-to-ship” project
Sète, France (Ports Europe) January 12, 2023 – Nidec ASI, part of the Energy & Infrastructure Division of the Nidec Group, won the tender for...