Construction of shore-based power on Holland Amerikakade
Cruise Port Shore Power is working hard to transition to shore-based power. The project will be realised in the period between summer 2023 and late 2024. Early 2025 the starting will commence. The Municipality of Rotterdam and the Port of Rotterdam Authority are pursuing a joint strategy and development programme to accelerate and upscale the availability of shore-based power for seagoing vessels.
Shore-based power. It’s a real buzzword in the port, but what does it actually mean? In Rotterdam, we are fully committed to driving greater sustainability in the city and the port.
The goal is, within the next few years, to enable a large percentage of seagoing vessels to ‘plug in’ while they are docked. It will then no longer be necessary to run diesel generators to provide vessels with power while they are at berth.
What is going to happen?
Stedin laid cables in the preparatory phase to provide power to the system. The project is currently in the implementation phase, with concrete construction of the shore power facility ongoing. Danish PowerCon A/S, which specialises in installing shore-based power for cruise ports, is going to carry out this work.
When is it going to happen?
To minimise disruption and guarantee the area’s accessibility, the work will be carried out in phases.
Realised
Late 2023 – 2nd quarter 2024
- Construction of the Cruise Terminal’s grid connection cables (Stedin)
- Cable ducting for the cable-management system
- Existing space in Cruise Terminal demolished for new technical room
- Laying of foundation piles for new structural floor in the Cruise Terminal
Implementation phase
Start 2nd quarter 2023 – 4th quarter 2024
- Realisation of the pumping system and sump for cooling
- Installation of the cable-management system in the cable ducting
- Realisation of new structural floor and fitting the space for the new system in the building.
- Modification of the rear and front façades where the technical room will be realised.
- Preparation of containerised shore power system in Denmark
- Transport of shore power system to Rotterdam and installation in Cruise Terminal building
- Construction of the dedicated vehicle for the cable-management system.
Test phase
Early 2025
- Parts of the shore-based power system are tested
- Partial testing of installation with a few vessels
Commissioning
March 2025
Celebration
Completion of the system and connecting the first vessel to shore-based power
