The Port of Rotterdam has announced that a pilot with moveable battery containers with shore power has taken place at the Steinweg Beatrix Terminal.
The pilot follows on from the experiment conducted on Parkkade in late 2019 / early 2020. This time, vessels of the Cargow shipping company were connected.
The pilot took place at an operational terminal instead of a public dock. The battery containers are from Zero Emission Services, known for the battery electric-powered inland vessels.
Market parties have tested and demonstrated their technology in these two pilots. The integration of the various technological components on the shore and on the vessel, as well as optimising the logistics behind the moveable concept, have turned out to be particularly significant, reported the Port of Rotterdam.
The pilot was partly financed by the Government’s subsidies, from the Nationaal Samenwerkingsprogramma Luchtkwaliteit (National Air Quality Cooperation Programme). The aim was to primarily improve the air quality in urban areas.
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The application of shore power supplied from moveable batteries is technically feasible and could become a technical alternative to a standard shore power connection.
However, the price tag of such a project is higher than with a standard shore power connection and the expectation is therefore that this will only be used at locations where no electricity is available from the grid.
Earlier this month, the Port of Rotterdam announced that work on the Porthos CCS project in the port area is well advanced.
More recently, the Port of Rotterdam’s Secure Chain handled the 500,000th import container.
