A high-voltage shore power system will be established for cruise ships in the Norwegian port of Haugesund.
The facility will be delivered by the end of 2022, and will also be prepared for other vessels visiting the port outside the cruise season.
The contract includes a technical solution and electrical infra-structure which enable low voltage connection by other vessels outside the cruise season.
According to Tine Osmundsen, chairman in Havnekraft, the quay will annually be able to supply over a hundred cruises vessels with shore power as well as other vessels outside the cruise season.
We have high expectations to this delivery and look forward to connecting the first ship to shore power
Except for Norway, the ports of Antwerp, Bremen, Hamburg, Haropa and Rotterdam signed an MoU announcing their joint commitment to implement shore power technology for the largest container ships by 2028.
Under the MoU signed during the World Ports Conference on 21 June 2021, the ports are jointly advocating a clear regulatory framework for the use of shore power or an equivalent alternative.
The ports are also asking for an equivalent valuation of fuels – and in particular the equalisation of certain levies and taxes on electricity for shore power use with those on marine fuels – and sufficient availability of public funds to implement these projects.
