Maersk to tackle air pollution at ports with ship-charging buoys

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Maersk to tackle air pollution at ports with ship-charging buoys
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Shipping group Maersk plans to install hundreds of offshore charging stations around the world to allow vessels to power themselves with electricity instead of fossil fuels while waiting outside ports, it said on Tuesday.

Stillstrom, a new company owned by Maersk's offshore marine service division, has developed technology that will allow vessels to charge while moored to a buoy connected to land via a transmission line.

"We know that air pollution is a big problem at ports near urban areas, and these buoys will allow ships to turn off their engines," Toft said.

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