In 2018, the UN International Maritime Organization set a goal to cut the maritime greenhouse gas emissions by at least half by 2050. One approach to decarbonization is cold ironing, where a vessel ...

With the completion of shore power installation on Volendam, Holland America Line’s entire fleet is now shore power-capable. Volendam completed installation in Vancouver, British Columbia, and ...

Volendam is the last ship to add shore power, all 11 ships now shore power-ready and connecting in outfitted ports worldwide The cruise line began converting ships to have shore power connectivity in ...

Construction of Scotland’s largest commercial shore power system has started at Port of Aberdeen as part of a $5 million (£4 million) project designed to supply clean electricity to vessels at seven ...

The Port of Seattle is installing a third shore power system at Pier 66, making it the world’s first port with three systems for cruise ships. The port receives over 200 cruise vessels in a typical ...

The Port of Seward, which serves a coastal Kenai Peninsula town that is a tourism hotspot in the summer, has received a $45.7 million grant to develop a system to cut air pollution from visiting ...

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Shore power lets ships switch off engines in port, cutting emissions and noise, though its impact depends on the electricity source.

Ships play a vital role in facilitating the global movement of goods worldwide. They are a critical link in the supply chain, but as the shipping sector has grown, so have their harmful impacts.

Cruise ships visit Halifax daily during much of the year, each spewing a town's worth of people — and a town's worth of pollution — into the city while docked in the port. "At some point, you know, ...