{"id":1374,"date":"2013-01-23T15:59:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T15:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/?p=1374"},"modified":"2013-01-23T15:59:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T15:59:00","slug":"port-to-install-shore-power-for-cruise-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/?p=1374","title":{"rendered":"Port to Install Shore Power for Cruise Ships"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjmEvtuCLINXu8gG3KVpEJs9-KVkYuDobTxbZMOf2hDQRbHOBNfjglr1meJmNH1vtx_QZjbT07vYGGnFOvGmU6UMICg4EYAiRxTmUZCCJVr-3-LlMM7vHwZ2OlpZve2BshaWz50C-e7QQJQ\/s1600\/8391649854_799c63d445_o.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjmEvtuCLINXu8gG3KVpEJs9-KVkYuDobTxbZMOf2hDQRbHOBNfjglr1meJmNH1vtx_QZjbT07vYGGnFOvGmU6UMICg4EYAiRxTmUZCCJVr-3-LlMM7vHwZ2OlpZve2BshaWz50C-e7QQJQ\/s640\/8391649854_799c63d445_o.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\nThe Port of Halifax will be the first port in Atlantic Canada to<br \/>\nimplement shore power for cruise ships, beginning with the 2014 cruise<br \/>\nseason.<\/p>\n<p>I suspect The Port Authority will be the customer to NS Power. They will buy<br \/>\nthe power at the market rate, mark it up and sell it to the crusie ship,<br \/>\n as just another fee. As the Port is the Customer of NS Power the customer is responsible for equipment<br \/>\n on thier premise. I see no reason to involve NSP in this Project.<\/p>\n<p>The Question that should be asked of the port however, is why is it<br \/>\nnot funding the project themselves? They do collect a fee for every<br \/>\nvessel and Passenger, which amounts to ~ $30,000\/day\/crusie ship for a 1<br \/>\n day stopover (<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.halifaxshippingnews.ca\/2009\/02\/what-does-it-cost-to-port-in-halifax.html\">Based on 2009 rates<\/a>). <\/p>\n<p>From the Release:<br \/>\nShore power is a highly effective way to reduce marine<br \/>\ndiesel air emissions by enabling ships to shut down their engines and<br \/>\nconnect to the electrical grid in order to provide necessary power while<br \/>\n docked. This initiative represents the second shore power installation<br \/>\nfor cruise ships in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Once installed, shore power at the Port of Halifax will have immediate<br \/>\nbenefits by decreasing cruise ship idling by seven per&nbsp;cent, and will<br \/>\ncontribute to improved air quality and human health. This percentage is<br \/>\nexpected to increase over time as more ships equipped for shore power<br \/>\nuse the facilities. The seven per&nbsp;cent reduction represents an annual<br \/>\ndecrease of approximately 123,000 litres of fuel and 370,000 kg of<br \/>\ngreenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tc.gc.ca\/eng\/mediaroom\/releases-2013-h003e-7035.htm?campaign=Twitter-eng&amp;WT.mc_id=x1dp6\">Full TC Release here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Port of Halifax will be the first port in Atlantic Canada to implement shore power for cruise ships, beginning with the 2014 cruise season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-ship","category-port"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1374"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}