Cruise Baltic updates, aligns shore power guide with Cruise Britain, Cruise Europe data

Available at cruisebaltic.com, it gives an overview of shore power to make sustainable itinerary planning easier for cruise lines. New information has been added to include information on the amount of power supplied, fees and connection time. 

Klaus Bondam, director of Cruise Baltic, remarked, ‘With the update of the onshore power supply overview on our website, we hope to continue to encourage cruise lines to take the next steps towards a greener cruise industry and encourage the installation of shore power in our region.   

‘With a wide-ranging and up-to-date information on OPS, we make it easier for cruise lines to embrace sustainable practices and use the available facilities. We are proud to contribute to reducing environmental impact and promoting a more sustainable future.’ 

Cruise Britain, Cruise Europe

Cruise Baltic exchanged knowledge with Cruise Britain and Cruise Europe to enhance the platform, introduced last year, to align the databases with both cruise networks. 

Attesting to the usefulness of the shore power overview, Marcus Puttich, director destinations, TUI Cruises, said, ‘Having a tool like the OPS overview allows us to plan itineraries based on available onshore power supply more sufficiently. With this new update it will become even easier for our itinerary planners to find the relevant information and plan sustainably.’

He added, ‘Although we still need more ports to install shore power systems, an overview like this is a great support for the cruise industry’s green transition and helps us in meeting our guests’ demands for a more sustainable vacation.’ 

Shore power in the Baltic Sea region 

Ports that already have shore power installed in the Baltic Sea region are Kiel and Rostock in Germany, Kristiansand in Norway and Aarhus in Denmark, which opened its shore power facility earlier this week. Later this year, Stockholm will also be ready with shore power shortly followed by Copenhagen in 2025. 

It is estimated that nine to 14 ports in the network will be shore power ready by 2030. 

So far, approximately 40% of the world’s cruise fleet is fitted with shore power and 75% is expected to be shore power ready by 2030.