On a brisk February morning, Matthew Creswell observed engineers wrestling thick power cables at a Miami cruise ship terminal.

This event, where a cruise ship plugs into the electrical grid, is far less ordinary than it sounds.

#ShorePower #CruiseShips

PortMiami is leaving @PortNYNJ cruise terminals in the dust ... or smoke, as the case may be. "Danish engineering and manufacturing company PowerCon has been subcontracted to deliver five shore power systems for cruise ships at PortMiami" #shorepower https://www.offshore-energy.biz/worlds-largest-shore-power-system-for-cruise-ships-to-be-installed-in-miami/

Italy, China, Canada, Iceland ... #shorepower https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news/shore-power-coming-genoa-and-savona-cost-26m

https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/vessels-along-yangtze-river-economic-belt-see-record-high-shore-power-usage/

https://www.porttechnology.org/news/port-of-prince-rupert-activates-shore-power-to-box-terminal/

https://www.porttechnology.org/news/icelands-faxaports-opens-boxship-shore-power-facilities/

Meanwhile, in Scotland, France, England, the Netherlands .... #shorepower https://maritime-executive.com/article/port-of-leith-becomes-first-scottish-mainland-port-with-shore-power

https://safety4sea.com/port-of-sete-to-soon-house-shore-power-solution/

https://shipandbunker.com/news/emea/187499-port-of-southampton-sees-42-shore-power-operations-in-nine-months

https://shipandbunker.com/news/emea/546722-dfds-to-make-use-of-shore-power-connection-at-vlaardingen
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Port of San Diego now plugging-in TWO cruise ships in at a time. Meanwhile, Port of NY & NJ can't even do ONE! It's embarrassing how far behind NY/NJ/NYC ports are in ship pollution reduction compared to their West Coast counterparts. #shorepower https://safety4sea.com/port-of-san-diego-two-cruise-ships-to-plug-in-shore-power-for-first-time/

RT @InfraMalta: 🛳️ #GrandHarbour #CleanAir Project #GHCAP - cable works & fire systems at new Boiler Wharf frequency converter station, #Senglea. #Shorepower to cut 90% of #airpollution from cruise liners visiting #Malta. 🇪🇺 Co-financed by #EU #CEFTransport. #SustainableInfrastructure @cinea_EU

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