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 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...
Presentation of the ELECTRIPORT project in Poseidonia 2022.
The Port Authority of Heraklion participates in the leading shipping exhibition Poseidonia 2022 with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis opening the...
ABB to lead project for largest shore-to-ship solution in Port of Toulon
Toulon, France, (Ports Europe) June 9, 2022 – The Swiss company ABB is to lead a consortium to set up a turnkey project for shore-to-ship power...
Comment by Ukraine government regarding the blockade of Ukrainian seaports by Russia
After attacking Ukraine, Russia has blocked Ukrainian seaports. The Russian army has mined areas of the sea, and is constantly trying to break through the...
Port of Genoa awards dock electrification contract
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 11, 2022 – The Nidec Asi consortium has been awarded a contract to design and implement the electrification project of...
Suez Canal sets traffic record in April
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) May 3, 2022 – In April 2022, the Suez Canal earned revenue of $629 million (+13.6%) and moved total net tonnages of 114.5...
Simplified procedures for the electrification of docks of Italian ports
Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Italy) A single authorization, issued by the Region, for the construction of works and infrastructures for the...
Poor railway infrastructure hampers Constanța efforts to replace war blocked Ukrainian ports
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) April 11, 2022 – Romania’s largest Black Sea port of Constanta, which is also the nearest port to war-torn...
Opentop, the Innovation HUB of Valenciaport, is launched in a major event
Opentop is an initiative, led by Fundación Valenciaport, which seeks to become a global benchmark in open innovation in the port logistics sector, fostering...
Port of Messina launches new eco-vessel
Messina, Italy (Ports Europe) March 7, 2022 – Today, at the port of Messina, in the presence of the Minister of Infrastructures and Sustainable Mobility,...