{"id":5713,"date":"2025-09-23T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2025\/09\/23\/a-maldives-first-in-shore-power\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:18:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:18:34","slug":"a-maldives-first-in-shore-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/asia-greenport\/a-maldives-first-in-shore-power\/","title":{"rendered":"A Maldives first in shore power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This order signed between Cavotec and Mohan Mutha Group&nbsp;will enable vessels calling at the port to connect to electrical power while berthed, eliminating berth emissions through reducing the use of auxiliary engines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis order is an important milestone both for the Maldives and for Cavotec,\u201d said David Pagels, CEO of Cavotec.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt demonstrates the growing global commitment to port electrification and positions Cavotec at the forefront of enabling this transition. We are proud to support the Maldives in taking this step toward cleaner and more sustainable port operations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pioneering project<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hoped that the project will serve as a significant reference in the region, creating opportunities for further projects in neighbouring island nations and South Asia on a wider scale.<\/p>\n<p>The order includes five Cavotec Power Run and Power Feed systems, with deliveries scheduled for the first quarter of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Back in June, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/environment-and-sustainability\/cavotec-chalks-up-million-euro-shore-power-order\/1502755.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cavotec chalked up a shore power order from Equans for the Port of Antwerp-Bruges<\/a> for a total value of approximately \u20ac1.55 million.<\/p>\n<p>The project, which is co-funded by the European Union, will enable cruise vessels calling at the terminal to connect to shore-side electricity, allowing them to shut down their onboard generators and reduce emissions while at berth.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Cavotec launched its new mobile shore power solution for container terminals, called PowerAlign, at TOC Europe 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first shore power installation in the Maldives marks an important step in the country\u2019s efforts to reduce carbon emissions at its ports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,46],"tags":[125,766,637,361,179,48],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-5713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-greenport","category-energy-technology-greenport","tag-cavotec","tag-maldives-port-authority","tag-port-electrification","tag-port-emissions","tag-shore-power","tag-shorepower-electrification"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5713","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=5713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5715,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5713\/revisions\/5715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5713"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=5713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}