by Dr. Kai-Dieter Classen, LL.M. (Berkeley), Deputy Director of the External Affairs Division of the Hamburg Port Authority*

Providing moored vessels with electricity is becoming a heated debate for seaports and the shipping industry.

The revised European rules on Alternative Fuels Infrastructure and the newly developed FuelEU Maritime Regulation force ports to provide onshore power supply (OPS) systems by 2030 and require vessels to connect while berthed.

The interplay of both legislation sets is supposed to remove the risk of constructing stranded assets.

* This article represents the author's personal views.

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