Port of Oslo to install shore power for cruise and container ships

Norwegian shore power supplier Zinus will partner with Danish engineering company PowerCon to provide shore power to cruise ships in Norway's capital city Port of Oslo.

PHOTO: Container terminal at the Norwegian capital city port of Oslo. Oslo Havn

Earlier this year, the Port of Oslo announced that terminal operator Yilport Oslo's shore power facility for container ships will be ready for use in 2024. It also warned that operators with vessels not connected to shore power will face higher port fees once the infrastructure is fully in place by 2025.

The Port of Oslo aims to reduce 85% of its emissions by 2030, said its head of energy transition Jens Eirik Hagen, and “shore power for cruise vessels will contribute significantly to this objective.”

2030 is also the EU deadline for when all container and passenger ships will have to connect to shore power in EU ports, according to a preliminary agreement of the impending FuelEU Maritime regulation.

By Konica Bhatt

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