The cruise ship industry in Germany wants to push forward with equipping its fleets with shore power connections. "Already today, 35 percent of the global capacity of cruise ships is equipped with shore power connections," according to a statement issued by the industry association Clia Deutschland in Hamburg on Monday. "Within the next five years, it will be two-thirds. More than 80 percent of all newly built ships already have shore power connections from the time they enter service."
Shore power is considered an important component in the bid to ensure climate neutrality in shipping as well as for cleaner air at port locations. Until now, many ocean-going vessels have continued to run their engines in port to supply themselves with electricity - with corresponding exhaust gases and CO2 emissions. According to Clia, emissions in port alone "can account for between 6 and 10 percent of a cruise ship's total CO2 emissions." According to earlier information from the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, large ships use power in the range of 4 to 16 megawatts, which is roughly equivalent to the electricity requirements of smaller cities.
The industry complains that currently only fewer than 20 ports throughout the world offer shore power for large cruise ships. In Germany, these are currently Hamburg, Kiel, and Rostock. However, Clia points out that it is not only the German ports that are continuing to expand their shore power capacities. Major investments are also planned in other countries, for example in the Mediterranean region, to advance expansion, Clia says. "As part of the EU's Fit for 55 program, all major ports in the European Union must install shore power by 2030," the association stated.
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