WPCAP’s Power2ship working group presents an interactive tool to learn about dock electrification projects around the world

The Power2ship working group of the World Ports Climate Action Program (WPCAP), led by the Port of Barcelona, has created an interactive tool, through Google Earth, to find out about dock electrification projects around the world or under development - February 9, 2021 This application provides updated data to help make Onshore Power Supply (OPS) solutions a reality in other ports interested in implementing them and systematises the necessary information on these sustainable facilities for international shipowners. The presentation of this tool was made by the head of Strategy of the Port of Barcelona, Jordi Torrent, during the meeting of leaders of the major world ports that are members of the WPCAP held this week, which was attended by the president of the Catalan port, Mercè Conesa. The dynamic map compiles information obtained from 68 ports around the world from various sources: a detailed survey of 16 leading world ports, the IAPH's World Ports Sustainability Program (WPSP), the European Alternative Fuels Observatory (EAFO), the DNV GL Portal Alternative Fuels Insight and an annex to a presentation by the environmental NGO Friends of the Earth to the IMO's 73rd Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 73). The Port of Barcelona is one of these 68 world ports with electrical connections, specifically in Marina 92, where there are two connection points for large yachts. The Port of Barcelona, in accordance with its recently approved 4th Strategic Plan, plans to develop similar facilities at the container and ferry terminals in the coming years, so that ships could be connected to two of these terminals as early as 2022. The tool developed in the framework of the WPCAP has the commitment of all participating ports to update existing information when necessary and to continue to cooperate in the development of other Onshore Power Supply projects. The WPCAP Power2ship working group, led by the Port of Barcelona, is one of the most relevant initiatives of the World Ports Climate Action Programme (WPCAP) to promote the electrification of docks in ports all over the world. The WPCAP, which emerged from the World Climate Action Summit held in San Francisco in September 2018, is an alliance driven by some of the world's major ports such as: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, Vancouver, Göteborg, New York & New Jersey, Amsterdam, Le Havre, Yokohama and Barcelona. The link to the website of the Power2Ship working group that created the dynamic Google Earth map is: https://sustainableworldports.org/wpcap/wg-3/ Source: Autoritat Portuària de Barcelona (APB - Port Authority of Barcelona)

WPCAP’s Power2ship working group presents an interactive tool to learn about dock electrification projects around the world

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