Cold Ironing: The role of ports in reducing shipping emissions

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With the shipping industry entering a new, environmentally-friendly period, stakeholders in the maritime industry are seeking for ways to reduce their ships’ emissions. Apart from choosing green fuels and scrubbers, ports come to add another solution: Cold Ironing. This is the process of providing shoreside electrical power to a ship at berth, while its main and auxiliary engines are turned off.

How does cold ironing work

Cold ironing goes way back into shipping’s past, as it first appeared when...

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