Cold Ironing Cruise Ships

How do cruise ship get retrofitted for shore power connection.

Cold ironing cruise ships. By turning ship engines off while at berth and thus cutting emissions shore connection enables a considerable reduction of emissions in ports areas says Lorène Grandidier Shore Connection Strategic Marketing Manager of Schneider Electric. The cruise ship is home-ported at Charleston and Ecstasy which will replace the Fantasy in February already has scrubbers. Cold ironing is the way that ports can contribute to reducing shippings emissions.

How does cold ironing work. This reduces the emissions from the ships by a great margin although the reduction in pollution occurs only when the ship is stationary at berth. 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.

In 2001 the port of Juneau in Alaska was the first in the world to offer shoreside power for cruise vessels. This is from where this process took its name from. Local campaigners fearing an increase in pollution from cruise ships docked at Enderby Wharf have said ships should be able to plug into shoreside power known in shipping as cold ironing.

Controlling air pollution from ocean going ships. COLD IRONING Ships - Alternative Maritime Power. Cold ironing or shoreside power facilities are being installed in several urban cruise terminals to reduce the environmental impact of docked ships.

Cold ironing is a term used for connecting a ship to shore power so that they can turn off their engines. For this and many. This certification is the result of testing its undisrupted use and compatibility of cold ironing.

The Europa 2 has had its cold ironing connection certified by the classification society DNV GL. For Cruise Ships while in Port COLD IRONING DOCK WATTS LCC Cruise Workshop New Orleans February 17 2004. Cold ironing goes way back into shippings past as it first appeared when all ships were using coal-fired engines.