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from favouring shoreside electricity the UK Department for Transport, to retrofit currently operating tankers
for ships in port. While leading to a said the government was looking for a to accommodate AMP, especially as
reduction in direct emissions from ships, response from industry about what can a retrofit of this kind would require
the solution will not necessarily reduce and cannot be done to reduce emissions a costly complete rebuilding of the
power consumption overall, they say. from ships and ports. tanker’s machinery system.
The UK would prefer to work through Already, it is becoming clear that However, Pacific LA Marine Terminal
the IMO on ways to lower ship emissions, not all shipping lines are in favour of has also said that two major oil
UK shipping minister Jim Fitzpatrick cold ironing. Maersk Line director of companies have built, or are currently
told an industry forum. However, if operations and planning for the UK and constructing, a total of nine diesel-
the IMO does not make rapid progress, Ireland, Soren Friis, said that he did not electric powered tankers which are
pressure for regional regulation will think cold ironing was the answer. He readily adaptive to AMP. This is due
increase, he warned. reckoned that it would not be possible to to the fact that the vessels operate in
Mr Fitzpatrick reported that the find a single solution, such as shoreside closed loop services, calling at the same
government was determined to achieve power, that would be suitable for all ports, although it is to be noted that, if
a level playing field and not permit ships on a global basis. they were going to use AMP, terminals
anything that would place UK ports and Studies made by partners of Pacific will require retrofitting and some of the
shipping at a competitive disadvantage. LA Marine Terminal also indicate that tankers would have to install additional
Richard Bennett, head of ports at there is no trend in the tanker industry equipment. NA
Siemens warms to shore electricity
Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution has launched a new ship-to-
shore cold ironing solution to enable ships in port to be connected to the
medium voltage network of the local power supply company.
S
iemens Power Transmission and
Distribution has launched a new
ship-to-shore cold ironing solution
to enable ships in port to be connected
to the medium voltage network of the
local power supply company.
Siplink, a new cold ironing solution
from Siemens, enables ships to shut
down their diesel generating sets while
in port, reducing exhaust gases, soot,
fine dust, and noise, and also offering
potential energy savings of between
25%-30%, the supplier says.
Siplink works by individually adapting
the frequency and voltage of the power
obtained from the medium voltage the new siplink cold ironing system from siemens.
public utility grid to the ship’s onboard
power supply system, ensuring a reliable
connection to the ship by means of a with an archiving system which records shipping companies, and shipyards,
shoreside supply system with tidal range data relevant to the ship and a software and can be used on various types of
compensation. module that not only records power vessel from passenger ships through
After connecting the plug-in consumption data but forwards the to containerships and ferries. In order
connector with the ship, Siplink total power consumption of the ship to to use the Siemens solution, both the
synchronises itself with the power the shipping company, via long distance harbour and the ship must be equipped
supply onboard ship and takes over data transmission for the settling of to use the shoreside electricity supply
within a few minutes, following which, electricity costs. via a plug-in connection system which
the ship’s diesel generators can be shut The shoreside connection system can easily be retrofitted onto all types of
down. The system can also be equipped can be utilised by port operators, shipping. NA
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