In a joint initiative, the ports of Stockholm, Copenhagen-Malmö, Aarhus, and Helsinki have applied and ultimately received EU funding for investing in onshore power supply.
The port authority will install additional panels in the Vuosaari Harbour, on the roofs of the V6 and V7 buildings (307 in total), and atop West Terminal 2 (200).
The company will supply engines and a range of electrical solutions for the two new ferries under construction at the China Merchants Jinling Shipyard.
The 60+ member-big initiative, led by the City of Helsinki, has been set up to assist organizations in improving their eco-performance and go beyond the current legislative requirements.
The Swedish Maritime Administration and the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency have commissioned the Helsinki-headquartered engineering company with designing a new model of more effective, cheaper, and greener icebreakers.
The dry bulk operator has taken over a 26k m2-big, 12.5 m-tall, and fitted with six overhead cranes property that earlier served as a gas pipeline coating facility.
Thanks to the grant, the Swedish and Finnish ports, between which an EU Motorway of the Sea (MoS) runs, will carry out a joint project tasked with reducing ship-caused emissions as well as streamlining ferry operations.
