Port of Kiel

Port of Kiel launches rail service to Italy through Lehrte MegaHub

Τhe German seaport of Kiel has unveiled plans to get additional capacity and faster connections in rail freight transport with the new service destined to Verona in Italy, via the rail terminal Lehrte MegaHub.

Already since the beginning of September, five new train pairs have been running weekly from Kiel in Alpine transit to Verona, via the German Lehrte MegaHub which is also connected with Duisburg, Munich and Ludwigshafen.

For the trains departing from Schwedenkai of Kiel, the Managing...

https://container-news.com/port-of-kiel-launches-rail-service-to-italy-through-lehrte-megahub/

Port Of Kiel Installs Photovoltaic System, Heading Towards Carbon-Neutral Operations

Cruise vessels at Ostseekai

The PORT OF KIEL is increasing its own production of climate-friendly solar energy. At the beginning of August, almost 300 photovoltaic modules were installed at the cruise terminal Ostseekai, on the roof of the 175 m long gangway to the northern berth.

Image Credits: portofkiel.com

The output of each PV panel is 335 watts, so that the calculated system output is nearly 100 kWp in total. The system can go into operation as soon as it has been approved by the authorities.

Depending on the weather,...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/port-of-kiel-installs-photovoltaic-system-heading-towards-carbon-neutral-operations/

Stena Line Connects To Shore Power In Kiel; Reduces Emissions By Using 100% Green Electricity

Stena Scandinavica - port of kiel shore power

Inauguration of the new shore power facility in Kiel means that Stena Line now have the possibility to connect 14 vessels at seven terminals with on-shore electricity during port stay. The new connection in Kiel will reduce the CO2 emissions from the two vessels Stena Scandinavica and Stena Germanica with 2,700 tonnes per year. In total Stena Line reduce its CO2 emissions with shore power with 13,000 tonnes per year.

Image Credits: Port of Kiel

The new shore power facility in Kiel provides 100%...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/stena-line-connects-to-shore-power-in-kiel-reduces-emissions-by-using-100-green-electricity/

Port Of Kiel Signs ‘Fjord 5G-Project’ LoI To Enable Passenger Ferries To Cruise Partly Autonomously

It is a very special example of digitisation in Germany that is to be realised on the inner Kiel Fjord: The new mobile radio standard 5G is supposed to enable passenger ferries to cruise partly autonomously between the banks of the fjord and later even in a fully autonomous way.

Further opportunities to utilise 5G exist in the areas of port logistics and sailing sports. This is the core of Kiel’s joint project “Fjord 5G” for whose implementation a Letter of Intent has now been signed.

The project...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/port-of-kiel-signs-fjord-5g-project-loi-to-enable-passenger-ferries-to-cruise-partly-autonomously/

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