Cold Ironing Cruise Ships

The new cold ironing facility allows cruise ships calling at the port to turn off the generators while receiving shoreside electrical power.

Cold ironing cruise ships. LTH-Baas has completed these installations for shore power or cold ironing. The Europa 2 has had its cold ironing connection certified by the classification society DNV GL. Neither ship is equipped for shore power.

For this and many. Cold Ironing Also known as cold ironing shore power uses electrical power transmitted from a landside transformer to the vessel via four 3-inch diameter flexible electrical cables. Shore power solutions enable the connection of ships in port to onshore power supplies that provide electricity for on-board services allowing diesel generators to be switched off.

Cold ironing is a term used for connecting a ship to shore power so that they can turn off their engines. How does cold ironing work. For Cruise Ships while in Port COLD IRONING DOCK WATTS LCC Cruise Workshop New Orleans February 17 2004.

Download from wwwcrosstreeinfo Power requirement of ships while docked in port. JH004726appt 1 WHY NOW. Cold ironing is the way that ports can contribute to reducing shippings emissions.

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises Europa 2 has had its cold ironing connection certified. The cold ironing concepts first cruise dedicated conference took place in Venice in early 2012. Controlling air pollution from ocean going ships.

Cold ironing for seagoing vessels and barges implies that a ship at berth uses shore power for the auxiliary engines instead of bunker fuel. The symposium which was hosted by the European Cruise Council looked at the general mood around cold ironing sizing up the benefits and challenges facing the technology. Shore power technologies also known as cold ironing Onshore Power Supply OPS or Alternative Maritime Power AMP are the only solutions that cut emissions totally at berth.