CAVOTEC SHORE POWER LINER ORDER…

Cavotec, the Swiss-based cleantech company reports a major new shore power equipment order from the liner shipping sector. The value of the deal is more than €2 million (US$2.2 million) and it has been placed by a company based in the Nordic region.

Cavotec is a specialist company that focuses on the design and implementation of connectivity and electrification solutions supporting the decarbonisation of the port industry.

This new order is for the provision of equipment that will, when retrofitted to some of the largest container ships in service, enable connection to shoreside electricity, according to Cavotec.

Specifically, a number of the company’s PowerAMPReels have been requested, which when connected to shore power enable a ship to achieve significant reductions in emissions of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and sulphur oxides, and particulate matter. This generates an improvement in air quality at the port concerned but also in surrounding residential areas.

The retrofitting exercise will be undertaken when the nominated container vessels are undergoing scheduled maintenance while in drydock with the process starting in Spring 2022 and running through to early 2023.

This latest announcement follows similar deals confirmed recently by Cavotec for the provision of shore power connection for 13,000TEU and 7000 TEU containerships being built in China for Chartworld and Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS), respectively.