With the help of Helrom Trailer Rail, the connection, which had been tested since August 2020, has become a regular one, offering three roundtrips per week.
The Estonian seaport and its partners want to contribute to Estonia's climate neutrality by creating infrastructure that would support the uptake of renewables, including wind energy and green hydrogen.
The retrofit includes a switchboard, a shore connection cabinet, and a shore connection control board with three separate ship-to-shore communication links to safeguard against the loss of connection - redundant Wi-Fi, optical fiber, and hardwired serial data communication.