European first for onshore power

Bremerhaven, January 2026 – During its docking at Bremerhaven AutoTerminal, the 200m-long roll-on/roll-off vessel "Lake Shirasagi" satisfied its entire power needs by being connected to the port’s onshore power supply system – the first time a car transporter was supplied entirely with onshore power from renewable energy sources during a layover in a European port. The enormous vessel of the shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen was able to operate without its onboard diesel generators, thus reducing emissions such as CO₂, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter.

"The successful commissioning of the onshore power supply system demonstrates how we can efficiently reconcile the demands of complex designs, international standards and sustainability goals in enabling ships to dock at German seaports in the future without causing any emissions." Tobias Günzl, Project Manager at INROS LACKNER SE

Inros Lackner, together with its joint-venture partner Fichtner GmbH & Co. KG, has planned and designed various onshore power supply facilities in the Bremerhaven ports for bremenports GmbH & Co. KG. Within the joint venture, the Inros Lackner team assumed overall technical and commercial management in the role of General Planner – including splitting the construction work into suitable packages and implementing a competitive tendering process for each one.

Altogether, four such facilities are being built in accordance with IEC/IEEE 80005-1, with a total capacity of over 35 MVA. A new onshore power supply system with a capacity of 4 MVA is also already operational at the vehicle terminal in the North Port, and further systems are being installed at the Stromkaje location (where containers are handled) and at Columbuskaje (where cruise ships dock).

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