The Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam container terminals in the port of Rotterdam are to be equipped with shore power facilities for shipping in the years ahead.
The delivery of the ‘shore power as a service’ will be from Rotterdam Shore Power, a joint venture between Dutch energy company Eneco and the Port of Rotterdam Authority, with the switch away from shipboard power expected to reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 35,000t per year.
The first vessels are expected to be connected to the shore power facilities by 2028.
Once the facilities are fully operational at ECT’s two terminals in 2030, around 5,000 sea-going vessels should be connected to the shore power annually.
Rotterdam Shore Power will construct and operate the shore power facilities, while ECT and Port of Rotterdam Authority will be responsible for the civil integration of the facilities at the quay and terminal site.
With ECT’s terminals comprising around 5km of quay, the project is considered one of the largest shore power projects in Europe.
