Shaping the environmental future for ports
Many of the world’s harbours are located in city environments where noise and emission pollution from docked ships is a growing concern. With this in mind, port cities, port authorities, ship-owners, industry suppliers and regulators are now focusing on the decade old technology known as shore-to-ship power, for which universal electrical standards are on the verge of being ratified by IEEE, ISO and the IEC, says John Penny, General Manager LV Power Converter Products Discrete Automation and Motion division.
Many of the world’s harbours are located in city environments where noise and emission pollution from docked ships is a growing concern. With this in mind, port cities, port authorities, ship-owners, industry suppliers and regulators are now focusing on the decade old technology known as shore-to-ship power, for which universal electrical standards are on the verge of being ratified by IEEE, ISO and the IEC, says John Penny, General Manager LV Power Converter Products Discrete Automation and Motion division.
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