Algeciras Port to Invest €30M in Ship Electrification for Cleaner Air

The project aims to connect the ships to the port’s electrical network (OPS) during the docking time to reduce CO₂ emissions, fuel consumption as well as noise and vibrations. The system will be operational in 2025 on the passenger quays of Algeciras and Tarifa, and on the container terminals and other berths by 2030.

To carry out this project, the Port Authority will have to invest around 30 million euros. An amount that it intends to mobilize with the support of the European Union through the RRF (Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan) Funds and the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda. But already, a call for tenders for technical assistance for the berths of the Algeciras-Tanger Med line, worth more than 180,000 euros, has already been launched, reports Europa Sur.

The implementation of the project is justified by the constant increase in maritime traffic in the two APBA ports, an upward trend that should continue in the coming years. Passenger traffic at the port of Algeciras was 6,102,657 in 2019, with an average annual growth of around 2.60% since 2015. Vehicle traffic, for its part, was 425,701 units in 2021, with an average annual growth of around 6.7% since 2015 and a forecast of 600,000 units by 2025.