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Date Published: 16/12/2022

ARCHIVED - Cartagena cruise ships to go electric while docked to reduce emissions

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So far this year, 185 powerful luxury cruise liners have stopped in the Port of Cartagena

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Cartagena cruise ships to go electric while docked to reduce emissions

The Cartagena Port Authority plans on providing an electricity supply to the cruise ships that stop at the Juan Sebastián Elcano dock within the next two years, in addition to connecting vessels to the local grid at the Santa Lucía and Escombreras docks throughout the next decade.

As indicated by the president of the Cartagena Port Authority, Yolanda Muñoz, connection to the electricity grid would allow these powerful ships to turn off their engines during their stopovers in the city, greatly reducing the amount of harmful emissions.

The initiative was first proposed in 2019 by the Master’s Thesis in Naval and Ocean Engineering, and falls in line with the EU’s goal of substantially cutting CO2 pollution in Spain and across the rest of Europe over the next few years.

Researchers at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) have also been studying the impact of cruise ship activity on the air quality in the city, which has been funded by the Inter-University Chair for the Environment.

So far this year, 185 cruise liners have docked in the Port of Cartagena with each passenger spending between 100 and 300 euros per stay. This number is expected to be exceeded in 2023, boosted by the promised arrival of three of the world’s leading cruise ship companies: MSC, Silversea Cruises and Costa Cruises.

In other news: Body of shipwrecked migrant pulled from the sea at Cabo de Palos

Image: UPCT

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