Sweden’s Port of Trelleborg has announced it has carried out tests of shore power facilities in ferry berths 10 and 11. In a social media post today (3 March), the port said the tests involved TT-Lines’ LNG-fuelled RoPaxes, Nils Holgersson and Peter Pan, and conformed that ‘everything has gone according to plan’. The next vessels to be tested will be TT-Lines’ Tinker Bell and Akka. ‘When these are completed, four of TT-Line’s vessels will be able to be connected to electricity at the quay in the Port of Trelleborg,’ the port said. The port’s own two wind turbines will supply the ships with fossil-free electricity. As previously […]

Hurtigruten’s MS Trollfjord recently became the first ship to connect to Svolvær port’s first shore power system. The milestone took occurred last Wednesday (4 February) at the port, which is located in the Lofoten archipelago in northern Norway, Hurtigruten said in a social media post today (11 February). ‘This is an important step in our ongoing efforts to reduce our emissions,’ said Hurtigruten. ‘Connecting to shore power not only contributes to lower greenhouse gas emissions, but also cleaner air and less noise locally.’ Hurtigruten highlighted that since 2018 all its ships have been able to connect to shore power, earlier with the […]

Stillstrom by Maersk and Port of Roenne have initiated a joint white paper to explore how large-scale energy project Energy Island Bornholm could serve as a blueprint for integrating offshore wind energy with maritime electrification. The new study, Energy Island Bornholm Powering Maritime Electrification, examines how renewable power production and future grid capacity can support charging solutions for electric ferries, cargo vessels and offshore service vessels. These ‘important steps’, Stillstrom noted in a statement issued yesterday (2 December), will help shipowners invest in battery-powered fleets and advance the decarbonisation of European transport beyond road electrification. According to Stillstrom, as battery technology […]