Danish container ship shipping company Maersk has signed an agreement with the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) on shore power supply, meaning that in future, Maersk ships will be supplied with shore power from renewable energies at the Eurogate Container Terminal in Hamburg.
Since April 2024, Hamburg has been the first port in Europe to offer shore power for both cruise ships and container ships. The logistics group Maersk, also a pioneer in the decarbonisation of maritime shipping with its net-zero target in 2040, will in future supply ships in Hamburg that already have a suitable shore power connection with shore power at the Eurogate container terminal.
The agreement is a further step by the HPA on its way to also creating a climate-neutral port by 2040. Further shore power systems at the CTA container terminal and the HafenCity cruise terminal are under construction. The facilities at the CTT and CTB terminals will go into operation in 2024. HPA regards these developments as sending a clear signal for environmental and climate protection.
HPA CCO Friedrich Stuhrmann said: “We are pleased to be able to supply Maersk’s container ships with shore power in the future with this agreement. With the continuous expansion of the shore power supply, we will manage to be a few years ahead of the EU regulation to reduce CO2 emissions.”
Ahmed Hassan, Head of Asset Strategy Operations, A.P. Moller–Maersk added: “Supplying our ships with green shore power is an important part of our journey to become the first container shipping company and logistics group in the world to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. We therefore support every initiative that brings us one step closer to our ambitious goal and are pleased about the pioneering role of the Port of Hamburg in the field of shore power.”
Image: Shore power connection in Hamburg (source: Hamburg Port Authority)
