MSC Cruises’ new MSC Euribia has been part of the formal inauguration of a new shorepower facility at the port of Kiel in northern Germany. Euribia’s maiden call last weekend provided the perfect occasion for a ceremony attended by port representatives, senior MSC Cruises executives, Kiel Lord Mayor Ulf Kampfer,...
MSC Cruises’ new MSC Euribia has been part of the formal inauguration of a new shorepower facility at the port of Kiel in northern Germany.
Euribia’s maiden call last weekend provided the perfect occasion for a ceremony attended by port representatives, senior MSC Cruises executives, Kiel Lord Mayor Ulf Kampfer, and the regional Prime Minister of Schleswiv-Holstein, Daniel Gunther (pictured).
The 6,300-passenger Euribia is equipped with a host of environmental technologies, including shorepower capability, which will be used at about 20 Kiel port calls during Euribia’s 2024 summer season.
The Kiel shorepower facility is supported by an agreement signed by MSC earlier this year, which will see the connection supply electricity for Euribia’s hotel operations while in berth, significantly reducing emissions.
Euribia will also utilise shorepower at Hamburg calls across her current Northern Europe season.
MSC Cruises Vice President of Sustainability & ESG Linden Coppell said “the inauguration of shoreside power at Kiel’s Ostuferhafen terminal is another step forward on our decarbonisation journey”.
Coppell said about 15 additional ports will be added to the list of destinations where MSC can access European electricity grids over the next couple of years.
Euribia will make her second call at Kiel later this week, again utilising the shore connection to minimise emissions in port. BP
