Northern European ports in collaboration receive EU funding for onshore power for container ships

Thanks to a joint support of €18.8m (US$20m) from the European Union (EU) fund Connecting Europe Facility for the project EU.OPS network, the ports of Aarhus, Gothenburg, Bremerhaven, and Stockholm will provide onshore power to container ships calling at the ports by 2030. 

In addition to presenting a large reduction potential not only of CO2 the project also has the potential to reduce other substances such as nitrogen oxides emitted from containerships moved at the ports. 

The project is a direct response to new EU regulations that will come into effect in 2030, requiring ships over 5,000 gross tonnage to connect onshore power supply (OPS) while moored.