Ege Port Kuşadası Looking to Establish Cold-Ironing System
The Maritime Decarbonisation Initiative has been started by the EU Turkish Delegation in cooperation with public authorities. In this respect, Mr. Panayotis Zacharioudakis and Mr. M. Kemal Battal visited Ege Port Kuşadası, the busiest cruise port in Turkey, in order to discuss the possibility of establishing a cold-ironing system that would cater to 4 mega ships simultaneously.
Mr. Aziz Gungor, Regional Director of GPH East Med Ports and Ege Port Kuşadası General Manager: “As Ege Port Kuşadası, we aim to render services that are environmentally friendly, safe to meet the satisfaction of both the customers and employees, compliant with both domestic and international laws and regulations, providing international port safety services and standards with its dynamism, reliability, and valued team. A potential project to establish the cold-ironing system will help us reach our target, which is to dramatically reduce our carbon footprint.”
Shore power technologies are the only solutions that cut emissions totally at berth. Shore power enables the connection of ships in port to shoreside electricity to power on-board services, allowing the generators to be switched off, which reduces the emissions.
Ege Port Kuşadası is the busiest port in Turkey, hosting over 500k passengers annually. Situated on the west coast of Turkey, Kuşadası is one of the most appealing towns of the Aegean and is close to many historical sites. The dynamic cruise port and beach resort town of Kuşadası is the gateway to Ephesus, which is among the most visited ancient cities in the Mediterranean.
