Quay 712 at the Ro-Ro Terminal will soon offer high voltage (10.7 kW, 1.5 MW at 50 Hz) power supply, with DFDS' Flandria Seaways scheduled as the first to make use of it.
The new facility - which fulfils the ISO/IEC/IEEE 80005-1 2019 and IEC 6213-2, 2016, type J requirements - has the potential to cut the port's carbon emissions by 650 t/year, according to the Gothenburg Port Authority (GPA).
"A growing proportion of our ships are being adapted to connect to shoreside power and it will become increasingly important for ports to offer a shoreside power option. The Port of Gothenburg has for a long time been at the forefront in this area, and DFDS has taken a positive view of the expansion that is currently taking place," Poul Woodall, Senior Advisor Climate & Environment, DFDS, commented.
Moreover, GPA is also planning to furnish its Energy Port with an onshore power supply facility, scheduled for commissioning in 2022. As such, the Swedish port would be the first in the world to offer shore power for tankers in a hazardous area. Emitting some 2,100t of CO2/year could be avoided thanks to this installation.