Cavotec, a global engineering group, the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) and the historic battleship »Iowa« museum have unveiled a public Alternative Maritime Power (AMP) at the ship’s new shore-side power connection.
According to Cavotec the »Iowa«, an iconic battleship that first sa[ds_preview]w service in the second world war, is one of the most popular tourist attractions on the LA Waterfront at the Port of Los Angeles. The vessel’s on board power requirements are now supplied through the Los Angeles power grid, rather than diesel generators, a move that reduces noise and air pollution and enables the attraction to extend its hours of activity.
Cavotec and POLA work together since many years
Cavotec and POLA have worked closely on AMP technologies since 2001. In 2004, at Pier 100, POLA introduced an AMP barge, which enabled China Shipping Container Line to become the first company to connect one of its container ships to AMP at the quayside. POLA’s first AMP-fitted terminal came on line in 2007.
While the US Navy had used shore power connection for many years, POLA was the first port in the world to introduce AMP for in-service container vessels Cavotec informs. The innovation has helped establish AMP as a global environmental practice as well as legal requirement in California for container ships that frequently call at the state’s largest ports.
Cavotec have done the first APM installation in 1985. The following years the Group has gone on to develop shore power connection systems for container vessels, (as well as ferries, cruise ships and bulk carriers), and at ports, primarily in Europe and the Far East. Some 600 container vessels worldwide are now fitted with Cavotec AMP systems the company stated.
