Rotterdam Shore Power (RSP) – the joint venture between the Port of Rotterdam and Eneco – has announced that construction of shore power facilities at ROG Ship Repair & Rotterdam Offshore Group has begun. ‘Together with our construction partners, NOS Energy Solutions AS and Forteck, the project team commenced the first works for the shore power installation at ROG’s ship repair yard in the Waalhaven,’ ROS said in a social media post. ROS said it had started installing the cable infrastructure – something it described as ‘the backbone of the shore power system’ – and that the shore power module will […]

The UK government should treat electricity supplied to vessels hooking up to shore power as zero-rated for Value Added Tax (VAT) to help support the uptake of cold ironing, the Port Director of Portsmouth International Port, Mike Sellers, has told ship.energy. Speaking on the sidelines of the GreenPort Congress in Portsmouth last month, Sellers said the government should recognise shore power as a marine fuel, which is zero-rated, and which is used to fuel a vessel’s auxiliary engines to power its hotel load while at-berth. ‘That will make it more attractive for the ships because it’s cheaper on the unit […]

The NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) has informed ship.energy that the Clean Port Coalition, which will be making the case for the universal availability of shore power in the European Union (EU), will be officially launched as part of an online event set to take place on 24 November. Speaking to ship.energy today (10 November), T&E Shipping Policy Officer Éloi Nordé said the founding membership of the Coalition includes ‘industry associations (including clean techs and battery manufacturers), onshore power system (OPS) providers, some shipping companies and civil society organisations’. T&E is currently leading the development but as the Coalition membership […]