{"id":3247,"date":"2010-04-28T16:23:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T15:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/coastlink\/2010\/04\/28\/cold-ironing-info-resource-to-aid-emissions-fight\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T15:29:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T14:29:50","slug":"cold-ironing-info-resource-to-aid-emissions-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/2010\/04\/28\/cold-ironing-info-resource-to-aid-emissions-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold ironing info-resource to aid emissions fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Complementing practical information, the website also features calculation tools about OPS for seagoing vessels as a measure to improve air quality in and around ports, reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and noise.<\/p>\n<p>OPS, also known as cold ironing, has become increasingly popular at ports around the world as they strive to curb emissions. \u201cSustainability is definitely on the agenda now and the interest for the OPS technology is constantly growing,\u201d said Susann Dutt, coordinator of the OPS project within the World Ports Climate Initiative and environmental controller at the Port of Gothenburg.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal with this website is to make sure that the best and most information within the area of interest is available in one place, for everyone and at any time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Port of Gothenburg was the manager of the project in which the ports of Amsterdam, Antwerp and Hamburg as well as the International Association Ports &amp; Harbours Europe Office also participated.<\/p>\n<p>An initial questionnaire carried out by the World Port Climate Initiative revealed a serious interest in OPS capabilities. More than half of the respondents are either in the process of, or have already carried out a feasibility study into the sustainability of the technology for use in their ports. The result from the questionnaire is available on the website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onshorepowersupply.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.onshorepowersupply.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Port Climate Initiative has launched a new website to create a one-stop-shop for the latest information on onshore power supplies (OPS) for ports and terminals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3248,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,15],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-3247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-equipment","category-products-services"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3249,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3247\/revisions\/3249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3247"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=3247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}