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Shanghai Baoshan's cruise terminal starts cold ironing trial

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Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal
The first trial of shoreside electric power, or cold ironing, began Sunday at Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal in Shanghai's Baoshan district.

The system will be able to serve large cruise ships up to 220,000gt that the terminal will be able to accommodate by 2017.

Wusongkou cruise terminal officials aim to have more than than half of the berths installed with shoreside electricity generators by the first half of 2020.

Ships plugging into shore power can reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides by 99% and cut particulate matter to 3% to 17% compared to the use of auxiliary engines burning high-sulfur bunker fuel, according to a survey conducted by Chinese authorities.

Apart from Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal, the Chinese government has picked six other terminals across the country to carry out trials on cold ironing.

China’s ministry of transport said that by end-2016, all trials must be completed and local authorities will need to submit reports of the results, summing up the efficiency of the technology in reducing emissions, ease of installation works and operations, among others.