Grimaldi joins Barcelona's Nexigen project
In the course of the Nexigen project, the Port of Barcelona and the Grimaldi Group signed an agreement to connect the operator's ships to the electricity grid. The Nexigen project aims to electrify the docks of the port area to decarbonise port activity and improve air quality, involving an investment of EUR 110 million. Now, the vessels of Trasmed GLE, a company belonging to the Italian group, will be connected to the OPS electricity supply system that will be installed at Barcelona’s Sant Bertran wharf. The president of the Port of Barcelona, Damià Calvet, and the president of the Grimaldi Group, Emanuel Grimaldi, were the signatories. The formalised agreement defines the aims to establish an action plan to implement the OPS pilot test at the terminal, to perform a compatibility study to ensure the connection between the dock and the ships, and to define a joint operating procedure that fixes all the connection / disconnection procedures in cooperation with the agents involved. Emanuel Grimadi emphasised that “the agreement signed with the Barcelona Port Authority is a further step on the road to the decarbonisation of maritime transport that our shipping companies have been undertaking for some time." (sh) www.grimaldi.napoli.it www.portdebarcelona.cat