FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In the name of greener shipping, Broward County’s venerable Port Everglades is moving to join a small but growing group of ports worldwide that allow visiting cruise ships to plug into shore-based power sources for electricity.
It’s an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by allowing massive ships idled at ports to shut down their engines and rely on local power grids.
While recovering from a financially devastating shutdown forced by COVID-19, the cruise industry says it is making serious efforts to become more energy-efficient and sensitive to the environment as more ships return to the open seas and resume calling at ports worldwide.
