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COSCO Shipping Taurus, like all recent COSCO Shipping vessels, is equipped with the integrated technical components for shore power supply. The system and process for Hamburg have now been successfully tested by project partners HPA, Siemens, COSCO Shipping and HHLA.

“For 40 years, COSCO Shipping has been linked to the Tollerort terminal. With our recent vessels all equipped with the integrated technical components for shore power supply, and shore power finally becoming available at CTT, COSCO SHIPPING and HHLA are on our way to achieving carbon neutrality, to fulfilling the new requirements of IMO’s Marpol Convention, reducing greenhouse gas emissions from vessels at berth, building a green and low-carbon supply chain, and protecting the earth’s ecological environment”, said COSCO Shipping (Europe) GmbH president Mingfeng Wang.

HHLA executive board chairwoman Angela Titzrath said, “Shore-side power stations at HHLA’s terminals in Hamburg are an important contribution towards the decarbonisation of the port and the logistics chain. We are pleased the shore-side power stations at our terminals have been established, making it possible to reliably supply shore-side electricity to our customers’ ships equipped for that technology. This makes the Port of Hamburg a pioneer within Europe.”

The shore power facility at the CTT is located at the mega-ship berth where the world’s largest container ships can be handled. Special cables are located at the quay edge to connect the container ship to the shore power system.

As the grid voltage and frequency on land are different from the onboard voltage and frequency, these are adapted to the ship’s needs on land by converters and transformers. This ensures compatibility between the system and the ship. As soon as the ship is supplied with shore power, the ship’s diesel engines can be switched off, which significantly reduces greenhouse gas and pollutant emissions during the berthing period.