AIDA ship connects to shore power at four of five ports on a cruise

This was thanks to the growing shore power infrastructure in Northern Europe.

AIDAsol hooked up to shore power at four of five ports on its April 16-21 cruise.

They were Rostock-Warnemünde, Aarhus (Denmark), Kristiansand (Norway) and Hamburg.

'Our goal is to be able to use shore power in all ports in the future where port infrastructure is available,' AIDA President Felix Eichhorn said. 'With our investments in this clean technology, we are actively supporting the goals of the EU's "Fit for 55" program to build a corresponding infrastructure in all major EU ports by 2030, because we can only achieve the energy transition together.'

First double cruise ship hookup in a German port

AIDAsol's voyage began in Rostock-Warnemünde where it, together with AIDAmar, became the first two cruise ships to be supplied simultaneously with green energy on the same day at a German port.

First cruise ship in Denmark to use shore power

Another first followed the next day at Aarhus when AIDAsol was the first cruise ship to conduct shoreside and shipboard integration tests on the port's newly built facility. The official opening of Denmark's first shore power plant for cruise ships is scheduled for later this year.

Subsequently, AIDAsol used shore power during its stop at Kristiansand, as it had already done in 2022.

On Friday, when AIDAsol arrived at Hamburg, its home for the summer season, it hooked up at the Altona Cruise Center, Europe's first shore power plant for cruise ships.

More than 10 years have passed since AIDA began using shore power in regular operation with a ship at Hamburg Altona in 2017.

Cruise Baltic commitment

As an expression of its commitment, the company signed a memorandum of understanding in April 2022 with Cruise Baltic, a network of 31 ports and destinations, to use shore power at the Baltic ports.