{"id":4072,"date":"2024-02-15T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2024\/02\/15\/aqua-superpower-moves-into-ports-sector\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:08:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:08:34","slug":"aqua-superpower-moves-into-ports-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/products-services-greenport\/aqua-superpower-moves-into-ports-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Aqua superPower moves into ports sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Financial backing has been provided by the UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions to the tune of \u00a34.1 million plus additional funding from Innovate UK and others.<\/p>\n<p>Electric workboats are poised to capture a significant share of the global market, projected to reach 11.8% by 2032.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe global maritime sector is at a turning point,\u201d said Alex Bamberg, chief executive of Aqua superPower.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur dedication to providing cost-free charging infrastructure to commercial ports aligns with our mission to propel the adoption of battery electric vessels forward, contributing significantly to global decarbonisation goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company is teaming up with the LHD Group to provide a fast-charging solution for the first electric mooring boat for commercial port use, slated to launch at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have partnered with Aqua Superpower on the fast-charging solution which will allow our vessel to recharge in less than one hour on a 400kW DC charger,\u201d said Jean Luc Desmars, LHD president.<\/p>\n<p>With a proven track record in supporting leisure marines worldwide, this move into the commercial port sector is part of the wider push to decarbonise the maritime industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fast charge network operator, Aqua superPower has moved into the commercial ports sector, providing services for the ever-growing fleet of electric ferries, patrol and work boats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4073,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,22],"tags":[1422,118,1421],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-4072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-technology-greenport","category-products-services-greenport","tag-aqua-superpower","tag-electrification","tag-fast-charging"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4072"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4074,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4072\/revisions\/4074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4072"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=4072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}