{"id":6440,"date":"2026-06-29T09:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2026\/06\/29\/california-expands-cruise-shore-power-provision\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:23:09","slug":"california-expands-cruise-shore-power-provision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/energy-technology-greenport\/california-expands-cruise-shore-power-provision\/","title":{"rendered":"California expands cruise shore power provision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The order will see Cavotec provide shore power technologies for the expanded cruise facility, enabling vessels to connect directly to the local electrical grid while berthed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis order demonstrates both the strong confidence that customers have in our shore power technology and our ability to support large marine infrastructure projects,\u201d says David Pagels, CEO of Cavotec.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have delivered shore power systems to this customer before and are excited to be part of the next phase of the cruise terminal development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Continued investment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The contract includes Cavotec\u2019s PowerMove, PowerFeed and PowerCover technologies, with delivery scheduled for the third quarter of 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Cavotec\u2019s package is designed to reduce emissions and onboard engine noise for cruise ships, supporting sustainability targets linked to cruise operations and wider port infrastructure development.<\/p>\n<p>On a wider scale, the project forms part of continued investment in shore power capabilities as ports seek to accelerate decarbonisation and comply with tightening environmental regulations affecting the maritime sector.<\/p>\n<p>Shore power systems are increasingly being deployed across global cruise terminals as ports expand port electrification infrastructure to cut local air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n<p>The California Air Resources Board (CARB) strictly mandates that cruise ships use shore power (or an equivalent approved emission control strategy) for the duration of their visit at all regulated California ports. This rule has been enforced since January 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cavotec has secured a \u20ac1.5 million contract to supply shore power equipment for a cruise terminal expansion project in Southern California, supporting port electrification efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":6441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[125,2611,499,496,637],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-6440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-technology-greenport","tag-cavotec","tag-cruise-infrastructure","tag-onshore-power","tag-ops","tag-port-electrification"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6440","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=6440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6442,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6440\/revisions\/6442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6440"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=6440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}