Port of Aarhus: AIDAmar uses shore power for the first time

Port of Aarhus: AIDAmar uses shore power for the first time


June 20, 2023 – As a German subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc, AIDA Cruises is committed to promoting the climate-neutral ship operation of its fleet by 2050. A message from today fits this statement. The cruise ship AIDAmar was successfully supplied with energy from land in regular operation for the first time in the Danish port of Aarhus.

After the German cruise ports of Hamburg, Kiel and Rostock-Warnemünde, the environmentally conscious Norway and Great Britain, Denmark is the fourth European country where AIDA ships obtain shore power. The emissions from the ships tend to be almost zero while they are at berth. Today, June 20, 2023, AIDA Cruises celebrated in the Port of Aarhus the opening of the first shore power system for cruise ships. The AIDAmar used shore power for the first time.

Aarhus - Cruise Terminal


Aarhus - Cruise Terminal


AIDAmar in Hamburg Steinwerder


AIDAmar in Hamburg Steinwerder 


Since 2004, AIDA Cruises has provided for the use of shore power in the planning and construction of its ships. It was not until 2017 that regular operation with cruise ships started in Hamburg-Altona at Europe's first shore power plant. And only since 2021 can AIDA ships in Kiel and Rostock-Warnemünde Obtain shore power from renewable sources. There is still a long way to go before 2030 to build up an efficient shore power infrastructure in all major EU ports, not to mention the many small ports that are also visited by cruise ships.

The use of shore power is only a small step towards climate-neutral shipping and cruising. In order to achieve this ambitious goal, the Rostock-based company is expanding the use of alternative energy sources such as shore power or batteries to operate its cruise ships in addition to using low-emission liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a bridging technology. In addition, AIDA Cruises is working intensively with partners on further solutions for the future use of fuel cells or regenerative and synthetic fuels.