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PLUG: Ship to Shore Power Connection, Within a Minute

Published Jan 12, 2011 8:40 AM by The Maritime Executive

Power Generation during Loading & Unloading (PLUG)

PLUG is a revolutionary solution to establish a safe, reliable, multi mega watt, and high voltage (up to 11,000 Volts) ship to shore power connection within a minute.

PLUG relies on an innovative automatic connector technology, which beyond safety gains and superior speed of operations, allows an extremely compact and low cost installation on board (typically within one frame space). Thus making shore power affordable even for retrofitting on existing ships.

On the terminal side, PLUG technology can be easily tailored to site specific constraints such as tide or quay geometry.

A standardized and optimized shore power solution!

To simplify logistics and operations, the same shore power interface is used on the ship side for all types of vessels: ferries, container carriers ,RO/RO, cruise ships no matter the voltage.

A standardized ship side PLUG solution would cover most of the merchant fleet shore power requirements.

Only power cables cross sections and voltage rating will vary according to the required power exchange requirement.

Learn More

Click here to see the video of the "PLUG" demo at SMM Hamburg

“Shore power: is there room for innovation to meet the upcoming California requirement?” (pdf)

NG2 Shore Power Strategy (pdf)