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Cavotec secures a US$ 5 million order for shore power units from a global shipping company, facilitating easy vessel connections to reduce port pollution.

The equipment will be deployed at ITC’s Somerton Intermodal Terminal, a multipurpose terminal currently being constructed in Melbourne, Victoria.

APM Terminals MedPort Tangier (APMT Tangier), which is a major customer of Cavotec’s automated mooring system, has concluded a deal that will see the group service all of its MoorMaster NxG units and Power Units at the facility.

Cavotec, the Lugano (Switzerland)-based electrification solutions company that aims to help ports and industrial sites decarbonise, has signed a new contract with an existing customer, but undisclosed European-headquartered container shipping company, to retrofit more of its vessels with equipment that will enable it to use shore power-based solutions.

Technologies competing as alternatives to fossil fuels for cargo handling equipment are still at an early stage of development and consensus on the best solutions remains some way off.

Sodium-ion-based batteries are widely considered to be the next step for EVs. Lithium is becoming scarce and, according to the World Economic Forum, almost 50% of production is in areas with high water stress. Sodium, on the other hand, is the sixth most common element on earth, making up 2.6% of the earth’s crust.