Clean air advance: shore power use up from 68 to 75 percent in 2018
More ships than ever are switching to landside electricity at the Port of Oakland to curb emissions. The Port said on Jan. 22 that 75 percent of all ships visiting here in 2018 used so-called shore power. That was up from 68 percent the year before.
The Port said 1,543 ships tied up in Oakland last year. Of those, 1,157 plugged into the landside grid to power onboard systems. The upshot: vessels could turn off auxiliary diesel...
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