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Port of Oakland Gives Green Light to Shore Power Expansion
The Port of Oakland Monday approved a high-voltage cable system that will extend the port's shore power to more vessels, AJOT reports.
"We’re continually working to reduce emissions," said Chris Chan, the port’s Director of Engineering, adding: "this is a way to build on our success and extend our reach."
The port's new 200-foot cable-on-reel system is set to be deployed by the Oakland International Container Terminal, providing a mobile platform that can be deployed alongside any vessel, connecting ships to shore power that are unable to closely align with landside electrical vaults at berth.
The $230,000 cable system will connect ships to one of the marine terminal's 18 shore power electrical vaults.
The port's engineers are said to have carried out two successful trials of the mobile cable system, which is expected to be fully deployed by autumn.
In November, Ship & Bunker reported that the Port of Oakland had shown that, between 2005 and 2015, ship emissions at the U.S. West Coast port dropped 75 percent through various initiatives, including shipping lines switching to low sulfur fuel, and a $60 million shore power project.
