New Delhi, July 06, 2021: For Tallink, using shore power in the port marks an important step towards more sustainable operations which means less air pollution in the city and reduces the noise created by the ships’ engines.
It is estimated that from now, the total CO2 emissions from one Tallink’s vessel switched to shore power during port stay will be subsequently reduced by 100 tons per each month. At the Port of Tallinn Old City Harbour, the shore power capacity can currently accommodate three of Tallink’s ships.
From 2017 to date, Tallink Grupp has invested EUR 3 million in onboard shore power systems installed on the company’s five passenger ferries. Over the coming years, together with the ports’ growing shore power capacity, the company plans to equip a total of its twelve vessels with shore power systems, amounting to EUR 6 million in total investment.
„Today, our vessels can connect to shore power already in three of our home ports around the Baltic Sea who are contributing to creating a cleaner urban environment – Tallinn, Stockholm and Port of Helsinki South Harbour. In Stockholm, our vessels are „plugged in“ already since the summer of 2018,” Captain Tarvi-Carlos Tuulik, Head of Ship Management at Tallink Grupp commented.
“Our fleet’s continuous upgrade programme sets as one of the long-term priorities to equip all our passenger ferries with shore power systems. Now we can connect already three of our vessels for a greener stay in Port of Tallinn simultaneously.“
Last year, the Port of Tallinn installed the innovative shore power systems on five of its piers in the Old City Harbour, total investment amounting to 3.5 million euros, enabling the vessels to reduce emissions and noise pollution emitted from ships’ engines, and cut the ships‘ fuel consumption by using shore power during port stays according to the reports published in offshore-energy.biz.