Schneider Electric
Summary
Schneider Electric is the global specialist in energy management and automation. With 170 000 employees worldwide and operations in more than 100 countries, we are present in all geographies and close to you. We provide integrated solutions that make energy safer, more reliable and efficient for areas like energy and infrastructure, industrial processes, buildings, data centres, and residential applications.
We have more than 90 years of expertise in the maritime industry and have developed the ShoreBoXTM shore connection solution that is simple and fast to implement, easy and reliable to operate, and can help port and ship operators comply with global and local environmental requirements.
Shore power, the best option for ships at berth
Ports are the most visible interfaces and direct links between the neighbouring population and the maritime industry. The increasing pressure from coastal communities to reduce environmental and health impacts associated with the shipping business places harbours on the front line of social responsibility and action taking.
Port entities and ship operators need to invest in new technologies to reduce air pollution and to be compliant with the ever stricter regulations. A number of solutions are available, but to switch to shore power is indisputably the best option for ships at berth.
ShoreBoXTM, the most reliable shore connection system
Our ShoreBoXTM is:
Safe and reliable: this solution is based on standard products, with proven performance, and working together in a tested, validated and documented (TVD) architecture
Modular and evolutive, allows you to plan and escalate your investment
Flexible and movable, allows you to relocate the installation and adapt to changes in berth activity
Compliant with environmental requirements, it allows to reach zero emissions from berthed ships.
Cost efficient, allows you to reduce project costs and risks, and project execution time.
Shore connection solution references
Schneider Electric has more than 5 000 merchant marine sector references within electrical distribution, automation and control. Our shore connection solutions are already installed in numerous ports worldwide including the largest US container port, the ports of Riga, Bergen, Helsinki and Marseille among others, naval bases in France, Morocco and Greece, and shipyards in Spain, Italy and China. We are also equipping all berths of a new megaport containership terminal in Indonesia.
ShoreBoX™ - Simple and fast shore connection implementation in your port

The innovative ShoreBoXTM solution is designed to reduce investment, and project lead time, costs and risks.
Fully packaged in a single shipping container for space optimization, the ShoreBoXTM solution includes all necessary equipment to transform grid frequency and voltage to the vessels needs. It comes with an embedded high-technology control system, managed by a user-friendly HMI, that makes the system’s operation easy and reliable. It features:
Automatic synchronization between the onboard generators and the shore power supply to avoid ship blackout for both connection and disconnection procedures.
Minimized system energy consumption, thanks to the smart management of the modular frequency converters and the thermal control
Overall system control: easy parameters setting, tracking and recording of all data, events alarms, etc.
Energy consumption and connection times metering and uploading to the port management system for billing purposes, energy efficiency plans, etc.
Preventive maintenance planning.
Convenient HMI remote control from the operators / maintenance premises.
Thanks to all this, the ShoreBoXTM provides maximized uptime and efficiency, and best-in-class performance.
The all-in-one system design hosted in a shelter allows the system relocation if there’s changes in berth configuration or activity.
For more information, visit http://www.schneider-electric.com/shore-connection
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