Ghent’s North Sea Port introduces shore power

Cruise ships calling at the North Sea Port will be able to connect to onshore power supply.

PHOTO: Aerial view of North Sea Port, a cross-border port between the Netherlands and Belgium. North Sea Port

North Sea Port is a 60 km cross-border port zone stretching from Vlissingen in the Netherlands to Ghent in Belgium.

The system will be designed to allow four cruise ships to connect to the shore power unit at the same time, North Sea Port authority said.

“For each inland cruise ship that docks, 1.2 tonnes of CO2 is saved by connecting it to shore power. In a cruise season in Ghent, with around 400 registered river cruises, that quickly amounts to 500 tonnes less CO2 emissions,” the port authority added.

By Konica Bhatt

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