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From this summer two MSC Cruises ships will be powered from land while supporting in two northern European ports
"MSC Virtuosa" and "MSC Poesia" will use cold ironing systems in the ports of Southhampton and Rostock
April 21, 2022
With the signing of the agreement Cruise Baltic undertakes to work for promote the spread of ground feeding structures in the region with the aim of increasing the number of ports that offer this possibility. For its part, MSC Cruises undertakes to ensure that cruise ships that do regularly call at the respective ports of the Baltic Sea region use the power supply from the ground, if available, the first possible and no later than january 1, 2024.
MSC Cruises has announced that by the end of this year 11 of the 21 ships in its fleet, including all new ships built from 2017, will be equipped with the capacity of feeding from the ground as their itineraries lead them in ports where such technology will be available.
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