| Lights off at Kai Tak

Shore-based power systems

will not be developed at Hong

Kong’s Kai Tak cruise terminal due

to a lack of demand by visiting

cruise ships for the infrastructure.

A report carried out to ascertain

the viability of an on-shore power

source found the high cost of its

construction couldn’t be justified

due to the lack of compatible

connections on visiting ships.

Instead, it found a better option

would be developing low-sulphur

refuelling facilities at the port.

According to the report, only

35 cruise ships worldwide would

be set up to connect to on-shore

power by the end of the year,

with only a handful sailing in Asia.