Shore power & Cruise

Provincial ports get cruise boom

If the estimates hold, the eight cruise ports outside Copenhagen will receive more than 430,000 cruise tourists in 2023. Aarhus, Skagen, Aalborg, Fredericia, Kalundborg, Hundested, Helsingør and Rønne will be visited by 230 cruise ships in 2023 and it is estimated to generate around 430,000 happy tourists. This is according to Wonderful Copenhagen and Avisen Danmark. That's more than [...]

Long-awaited visit

Finally! Wednesday, July 14 was the day when cruise tourists could go ashore and enjoy Copenhagen for the first time since 2019 "It's only 350 guests, but it's still huge and can hardly be overestimated". That's the straightforward message from the trade organization Danish Ports on the occasion of 350 fully vaccinated tourists on board the cruise ship "Vasco [...]

Port of Korsør gets green shore power system for seven million

Noise and harmful sulphur particles will soon be a thing of the past in Korsør harbor. A new shore power system from Soft & Teknik and Schneider Electric will supply ships and cranes with green wind turbine power. This means that the Port of Korsør will go from being a power consumer to a power producer. Danish commercial ports can be noisy and dirty. This is mainly due to ships [...]

Before the weekend, the first large ship joined Port Esbjerg's shore power system

On Thursday, another green step was taken at Port Esbjerg. The ship Island Patriot was connected to the newly established shore power system, using green power when docked instead of a diesel generator. "This is a big step towards making the port even more sustainable," says Mayor Jesper Frost Rasmussen. The ship is 86 [...]