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New foot passenger facilities at Plymouth for 2025
As at 6th January 2025 20:41 GMT
 
New foot passenger facilities at Plymouth for 2025
Posted by grahame at 21:05, 20th December 2024
 
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Big changes are happening at Plymouth Port!

This winter, major upgrades are underway, including a brand-new passenger boarding bridge, shore power preparations, and upgraded terminal facilities.

The state-of-the-art bridge, which will improve foot passenger access to our ships, was transported all the way from Bilbao to Plymouth via Santander aboard Pont-Aven

Unusual and excellent news.   I would suspect Lisa and I may meake use of that next year

Re: New foot passenger facilities at Plymouth for 2025
Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 21:11, 20th December 2024
 
Blimey !  What was the carbon footprint of that ?? 


Re: New foot passenger facilities at Plymouth for 2025
Posted by JayMac at 21:46, 20th December 2024
 
Shore power does mean the vessels can turn off, or turn down, their diesel engines or LNG turbines while berthed. That reduces the carbon footprint while in the port. It also reduces noise pollution.

As for the carbon footprint of transporting the parts for the new footbridge - better to put them on a scheduled ferry service aboard Brittany Ferries' MV Pont Aven than charter an alternative. Although, of course, best would've been local manufacture.

Re: New foot passenger facilities at Plymouth for 2025
Posted by Mark A at 08:32, 21st December 2024
 
Shore power does mean the vessels can turn off, or turn down, their diesel engines or LNG turbines while berthed. That reduces the carbon footprint while in the port. It also reduces noise pollution.

As for the carbon footprint of transporting the parts for the new footbridge - better to put them on a scheduled ferry service aboard Brittany Ferries' MV Pont Aven than charter an alternative. Although, of course, best would've been local manufacture.

Away from Plymouth, I didn't find the reason for it at the time - finding out the hard way that the Stromness Scrabster ferry, docked at Stromness overnight and running a bed and breakfast operation for passengers for the 06:30 morning departure, alongside the vessel (and indeed the cabins) on the quayside, a large and enthusiastic portable diesel generator (that hadn't been there for previous departures). But that's probably an Orkney thing...

Mark

Re: New foot passenger facilities at Plymouth for 2025
Posted by TaplowGreen at 09:18, 21st December 2024
 

Although, of course, best would've been local manufacture.

Agreed, especially with Devonport Dockyard just next door!

 
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