Since June, Stena Line is the first company using a shore-based power connection for its ferries, thereby reducing emissions and noise. The KVNR Shipping Award jury was impressed by the company’s efforts and awarded it with this year’s award at the Maritime Awards Gala in Rotterdam on 8 November.
The company’s ferries now obtain their electricity from the mainland and no longer have to run their engines to generate power. Stena Line will use the facility for four vessels and will reduce CO2, NOx and PM10 emissions by respectively 7500 t, 120t and 4 t. The installation of the shore-based power was supported by the Port of Rotterdam Authority, the municipality of Rotterdam and the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment.
Recognition of Environmental Efforts
The jury chairwoman Tineke Netelenbos praised the company for paying attention to the community that surrounds it in focusing on reducing air and noise emissions and being a frontrunner. She also added the award is also a recognition for the company's numerous efforts in environmental innovations.
The Nominees
- Anthony Veder – Coral Energy: Anthony Veder is having built the world’s first dual-fuel, directly driven LNG tanker with an 1A ice class notation, the Coral Energy. The tanker will supply areas without gas supplies of their own or lacking the right infrastructure with LNG. The tanker can transport 15,600 m3 LNG.
- Kotug International – The E-Kotug: Kotug International has developed the first hybrid tug in Europe. The tug has three propulsion options: diesel-direct, diesel-electric and full electric. CO2, NOx and PM10 emissions are therefore reduced by fifty per cent and fuel consumption is reduced by forty per cent.
- ShoreTension – Safer Berthing: The ShoreTension consists of a hydraulic cylinder that keeps a ship’s cables under constant pressure. When pressure increases, the cylinder expands. The energy the ship creates when pressure increases is stored in the cylinder to draw it back in when pressure decreases.
KVNR Shipping Award
The KVNR Shipping Award focuses on the improvement or renewal of a company’s operations, such as in the area of human resources, environmental management, fleet management or other innovative activities. A jury led by Tineke Netelenbos, chairwoman of the KVNR. chooses the winner.
