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General Discussion Area / Re: Cruise ship pollution
« on: 01 December 2023, 15:51:40 »According to my "local" BBC Southampton News, the port has plenty of electric hook-ups for ships to power them in port, but none of them do, as its cheaper to run their onboard generators instead.
There is no 'standard' for shore supplies (what a surprise!) due to different voltages and frequencies of the ships and local setup.
Consequently most can only couple up in their home ports, and unless they are there for a a longer period its not worth the faff and hassles of a shore supply (its not some stonking great big plug, it is physical wiring bolted to a bus bar and big switch). The only ones I have seen use them in anger is naval vessels and some drill ships as they have home ports.