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The port of Los Angeles supplies electric power to the ships of three crocieristiche companies
The system Maritime Alternatives Power installed to the World Cruise Center can distribute until 40 megawatt of power
February 24, 2011
Los Angeles is the first world-wide port to have supplied electric power of the terrestrial net to the ships of three different crocieristiche companies that they are landed to the Californian port of call. Draft of ships of the Disney Cruise Line, the Princess Cruises and the Norwegian Cruise Line that have reached the World Cruise Center of Los Angeles, terminal that is equipped with the system of cold ironing Maritime Alternatives Power (AMP) developed from the Cavotec group in collaboration with the technicians of the port.
Al terminal, that Meter Cruise Services is managed by the Pacific Cruise Ship Terminals (PCST) of the group, the three systems AMP furnish of which the port is equipped, that are used they have lateral mobility of 100 feet and are equipped of an arm that carries the connection cable that adapts to the various conditions of tide and the different position of the connections constituents on the cruise ships.
The World Cruise Center is the only terminal where two cruise ships can be at the same time connected to the net terrestrial electrical worker and to extinguish the edge generators so. The cruise ships use systems of distribution of the electric power in medium voltage from 6,6 kV or 11 kV for the connection with terrestrial the net and the port of Los Angeles the connections are able to realize both.
, with 20 megawatt supplied to two different ships.
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Los Angeles is the first world-wide port to have supplied electric power of the terrestrial net to the ships of three different crocieristiche companies that they are landed to the Californian port of call. Draft of ships of the Disney Cruise Line, the Princess Cruises and the Norwegian Cruise Line that have reached the World Cruise Center of Los Angeles, terminal that is equipped with the system of cold ironing Maritime Alternatives Power (AMP) developed from the Cavotec group in collaboration with the technicians of the port.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
