Penang Port to provide shore power for cruise ships

A cruise ship with all its lights on and engine thrumming while berthed at the port here is always a sight to behold. Keeping a berthed cruise ship’s engine running just to supply electricity to the cabins also means high fuel consumption. Due to these facts, Swettenham Pier Cruise Terminal (SPCT) has decided to provide power from the shore for the cruise ships . A total of RM50mil will be spent on this, only the second such project in the Asean region.

Singapore was the first port to provide ships with shore power. The process, called “cold-ironing,” allows berthed ships’ auxiliary engines to be turned off, thus cutting air pollution by 95%. Penang Port Sdn Bhd (PPSB) chief executive officer Datuk Sasedharan Vasudevan told The Star in an exclusive interview that PPSB would spend RM50mil to set up a power substation on land belonging to the Penang Port Commission (PPC) to supply power to the ships by mid-202

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