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.
Barcelona port works to electrify dockside power to BEST Terminal
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 13, 2022 – The Port of Barcelona has started work to electrify power supply to BEST Terminal. Danish company...
Port of La Spezia to tender design for cold ironing project
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 6, 2022 – The Port of La Spezia to tender design for cold ironing project at the Garibaldi pier for 16 MW of...
Port of Genoa president joins Enel port electrification discussion
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 5, 2022 – Port of Genoa president has joins Enel’s port electrification discussion as part of the...
Enel starts tour to promote the electrification of ports and marinas
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2022 – Enel has started a tour to promote the electrification of ports and marinas. Under the banner “Sali a...
Sanmar Shipyards and IGUS develop onshore power system
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 20, 2022 – Sanmar Shipyards and IGUS have developed and built a new compact electric bunkering system to supply...
Port of Ancona signs agreement to develop electrification of its docks
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) September 2, 2022 – The Port of Ancona has signed an agreement to develop electrification of its docks. The agreement was...
Portofino has its first charging station for electric ships
Portofino, Italy (PortSEurope) August 4, 2022 – Portofino has installed its first charging station for electric vessels. It is one of the first ports in...
Port of Barcelona tenders pilot project to supply electricity to ferry vessels
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) August 3, 2022 – The Port of Barcelona has tendered the pilot project to supply electricity to ferry vessels operating at...
Port of Tenerife agrees to an ordinance to limit air pollution
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) July 27, 2022 – Port of Tenerife agrees to an ordinance to limit air and noise pollution....
Port of Las Palmas to proceed with cold ironing project
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) July 26, 2022 – Port of Las Palmas is to proceed with cold ironing project at the Muelle Grande. The...
Port of Taranto plans to invest in cold ironing
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) July 20, 2022 – The Port of Taranto plans to invest in cold ironing equipment for its docks. A tender has been issued for...
APM Terminals MedPort Tangier invests in emissions-reducing equipment
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) July 20, 2022 – APM Terminals MedPort Tangier invests in emissions-reducing equipment, including fully electric or...
All three quays in the port of Toulon will have shore-to-ship power connection by mid-2023
Toulon, France, (PortSEurope) July 10, 2022 – The three quays (Fournel, Minerva and Corsica) of the Port of Toulon in Southern France will be equipped with...
French companies develop first hydrogen-powered fuel cell barge to provide power for docked ships
Paris, France (PortSEurope) July 7, 2022 – A number of French companies are developing the first hydrogen-powered fuel cell barge to provide electric...
ESPO and FEPORT want a change in the EC plan for deployment of onshore power supply
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 6, 2022 – The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) and the Federation of European Private Port Companies and...
EU to finance Port of Bilbao Docks Electrification Project
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2022 -The European Commission (EC) has selected the Port of Bilbao Docks Electrification Project (BilbOPS) as one of the...
Russia exports grain from occupied Berdyansk port
Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) July 1, 2022 – The first vessel carrying grain has left from the Berdyansk port in the Russian-occupied part of the...
Metinvest asks customers to avoid products stolen from Mariupol
Kiev, Ukraine, (Ports Europe) June 22, 2022 – Metinvest Group has asked customers of steel products not to buy such goods from Ilyich Steel and Azovstal...
Donetsk People’s Republic says it will use Port of Mariupol to export grain
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 20, 2022 – Denis Pushilin, president of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), has commented that...
TOC Europe starts today in Rotterdam
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) June 14, 2022 – TOC Europe will open its doors in Rotterdam today. The event is the AGM for port and cargo supply...