Next Friday in the port of Barcelona will be inauguration of the activation of the electrification of the quay of the Hutchison Ports BEST terminal, which will be the first container Mediterranean terminal equipped with Onshore Power Supply plant to supply shore-side electricity to ships at the mooring that will be able to turn off the engines on board and knock down the polluting emissions. The installation of the OPS system is which took place as part of the Nexigen plan launched by the port to supply electricity from renewable sources to the ships during their stay in port, with the aim of reducing the emissions by 50% by 2030 and to eliminate them by 2050. The The plan provides for a total investment of 130 million euros.

The Onshore Power Supply plant supplied by Denmark's PowerCon under a contract worth approximately five million The euro arrived in the port of Barcelona last March and will allow electricity to be supplied simultaneously to two container ships. Hutchison Ports BEST is part of the network of port terminals of the Hutchison Ports of the CK Hutchison group Hong Kong Holdings.