Europe, ports
AFIR requires shore power at TEN-T maritime ports that pass defined traffic thresholds by 1 January 2030. Traffic is measured on a three-year average of port calls.
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Shore power is a capital problem before it is an engineering problem.
The equipment works and the regulation is written. What stops projects is who pays for the substation, the cable management and the connection, and when they get paid back. We finance that, for new installations and for equipment that has already aged out.
The deadline is not abstract
Europe, ships
Under FuelEU Maritime, from 1 January 2030 container and passenger ships above 5,000 GT moored for more than two hours at a covered TEN-T quayside must draw their electrical demand from shore. Exemptions narrow from 2035.
California
CARB's At Berth regulation already covers container, reefer and cruise calls, with auto carriers and tankers phasing in. Scrubbers are not a compliance route.
China
Ships fitted with shore power equipment have been required to use it at equipped berths since 2019, with fines scaled by auxiliary generator capacity.
Requirements change. We confirm the applicable rule for your port and your call mix before we structure anything.
For port authorities and terminal operators
We finance the equipment. You run the port.
This is what we do. A shore power connection is a long-lived asset with a payback that sits outside the normal port investment cycle, and it competes for capital against cranes, yard equipment and civil works that earn from day one. It loses that argument in most budget rounds. We take it off the capex line and structure the repayment against the periods the asset actually earns.
What we finance
- Substation and transformer capacity, including frequency conversion where the berth serves both 50 and 60 Hz
- Cable management systems: reels, towers, trenches and mobile units
- Connection boxes, vaults and the quayside civil works tied to the connection
- Metering, protection and the control layer
- Installation, commissioning and the works contract around it
- Replacement and upgrade of equipment already installed and now obsolete
Who we work with
Port authorities, terminal operators and concession holders. Public, private and mixed ownership. We have structured around grant funding, national programmes and development finance where those cover part of the scope.
How the money is arranged
We do not lend our own balance sheet and we are not tied to a single funder. We take the project to an open panel of funders and insurers, structure it around the asset and its usage, and hold the process until it closes. You keep the relationship with the manufacturer and the contractor. We handle the part that usually adds a year to the timeline.
Send us the project scope
No exclusivity, with anyone. We will tell you on the first call if we think the project does not fund.
Shore power, port by port
Where shore power is already live.
We maintain a map of shore power connections worldwide. Click any port to see what is installed: berths equipped, capacity, voltage and frequency, the vessel segments served, and when it went live. Projects we have financed are marked.
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This map is compiled from public sources and operator disclosures. Every entry carries its source and the date we last checked it. If something is wrong or missing, tell us and we will correct it.
Report a correction or add a port
Your port is not on this map?
That is either a data gap on our side or a project waiting to be funded. Both are worth a conversation.
Talk to us about your portModernisation
The first generation of shore power is reaching the end of its useful life.
Plenty of ports installed shore power early and are now stuck with it. Equipment sized for a call mix that no longer exists, single-frequency connections at berths that now take both, control systems nobody supports, and capacity that caps out below what today's vessels ask for. A retrofit is harder to fund than a new build because there is already an asset on the books and the case reads as a cost rather than an investment.
What a retrofit typically covers
- Capacity uprating where the berth now serves larger vessels
- Adding frequency conversion to a single-frequency connection
- Replacing control and protection systems that are no longer supported
- Bringing an installation up to current IEC/IEEE 80005 standards
- Converting a fixed connection to a mobile or shared arrangement across berths
The funding angle
We structure retrofits the same way as new installations, against the upgraded asset and its usage. Where the existing equipment still has residual value, it goes into the structure rather than being written off.
Tell us what you already have installed
For manufacturers, integrators and EPCs
Your equipment is not the obstacle. The buyer's balance sheet is.
You have the product, the references and the pipeline. What you keep losing is the gap between a specified project and a signed order, because the port cannot fund it this year. Bring us the ports where you have live projects and we arrange the funding at the buyer end, so the deal closes on your equipment instead of sliding into the next budget cycle.
Convert the pipeline you already have
Projects that stalled on funding come back as live orders. No new sales effort, same pipeline.
Get paid on terms you can plan around
The funder settles against the contract and the delivery milestones. Your working capital stops carrying the buyer's decision cycle.
Follow one buyer across their ports
Once a structure works at one terminal it repeats at the next. The credit work is already done.
How we work with you
We are a funding partner, not a distributor. We do not resell your equipment, we do not compete with your channel and we do not ask for exclusivity in any territory. We work alongside your commercial team on the specific projects you hand us, under a non-circumvention agreement that protects your customer relationship.
Bring us a project
Already in a tender with a deadline? Tell us the closing date first.
Partners
Financing is our part. Making it work at the berth is theirs.
Funding puts the equipment on the quay. Getting power into the right ship at the right moment is a separate discipline, and we do not pretend to do it ourselves. We work with software developers who have delivered across multiple ports and who connect shore power equipment to the terminal's systems and to the vessels calling at it. Between us the port gets one solution instead of three suppliers pointing at each other.
What our partners bring
Connection to the terminal
Integration with the terminal operating system, the berth plan and the energy management layer, so a connection is scheduled rather than improvised.
Connection to the vessel
Handling the ship side of the interface across the segments and standards that call at the berth.
Power allocation across calls
Assigning an electrical envelope per vessel and per call, and applying the port's own priority rules when demand exceeds available capacity.
Measurement and reporting
A record of every connection and every kilowatt hour, per vessel and per call, in a form that supports invoicing and regulatory reporting.
Why this matters to the funding
Utilisation is what makes the asset financeable. A connection that is used predictably underwrites itself. A connection nobody can schedule is a stranded cost with a compliance certificate attached. That is why we bring the operating layer into the conversation at the funding stage rather than after commissioning.
Ask about the full solutionFour steps, and we tell you early if it does not work.
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Scope
Send us the project: port, berths, call mix, electrical scope, timeline, and what is already installed if this is a retrofit. A specification, a tender document or a one-page description all work.
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Screen
We check whether it funds and on what terms. This is where we say no. It costs you a call, not a process.
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Structure
We take it to the funders and insurers whose appetite fits this asset, this geography and this counterparty, and we build the structure around what they will actually do.
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Deliver
Funding closes, the equipment goes in, and our partners connect it to the terminal and to the ships.
How the money is put together.
Every project is different, so the structure is built around the asset and the counterparty rather than fitted to a product sheet. In practice most fall into one of these.
| Structure | When it fits |
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| Equipment lease or hire purchase | The port or terminal wants the asset and wants it off this year's capex line |
| Asset upgrade and refinance | Equipment is already installed and needs replacing or uprating |
| Vendor finance | The manufacturer wants the order to convert and the buyer needs terms |
| Availability model | The terminal wants capacity, not ownership, and will contract for it |
| Project finance with public co-funding | A grant, a national programme or a development finance line covers part of the scope |
Insurance is part of the structure, not an afterthought. Where the counterparty or the jurisdiction requires cover, we arrange it as part of the package.
What we are, and what we are not.
We are
- An originator and structurer of shore power funding, working with an open panel of funders
- Focused on port authorities and terminal operators, for new installations and for retrofits
- Technology neutral, working with whichever manufacturer the port has chosen
- Backed by Marine Trade Finance, which originates and structures maritime trade finance
We are not
- A lender putting our own capital at risk
- Tied to one funder, one manufacturer or one technology
- An equipment reseller competing with anyone's channel
- The software vendor. That is our partners' work and we say so
The independence is not a preference, it is how the model works. The moment we owe one funder or one manufacturer exclusivity, we stop being useful to the other side.
FAQ
Do you provide the capital yourselves?
No. We originate and structure the transaction and arrange the funding through a panel of funders and insurers. That is deliberate. It means we bring the appetite that fits your project rather than the only appetite we have.
We already have shore power installed but it is obsolete. Can you help?
That is a large part of what we do. Retrofits, capacity uprating and control system replacement are structured the same way as new installations, and any residual value in the existing equipment goes into the structure.
Which manufacturer do you work with?
Whichever one you have chosen. We are technology neutral. If the supplier is already selected, we fund that scope.
What size of project do you work on?
Send it and we will tell you. The relevant question is not the headline number, it is whether the asset, the counterparty and the usage hold together.
Which regions do you cover?
Globally. The regulatory driver is strongest in Europe, California and China today and the commercial case is starting to stand on its own elsewhere.
Can you fund a project that already has grant funding?
Yes. We structure the private tranche around the public one. Tell us which programme and what it covers.
Do we have to use your partners' software?
No. They are separate decisions. We bring the operating layer into the conversation because funders underwrite usage, and usage is easier to evidence when the connection is actively managed.
Where does the map data come from?
Public sources, operator disclosures and information ports send us. Every entry carries its source and the date we last checked it. If you spot an error, tell us and we will fix it.
How long does it take?
That depends on the funder and the counterparty. What we control is the screening call, and that happens in days.
Send us the project.
A specification, a tender document, or three lines describing the berth and the ships that call at it. If it is a retrofit, tell us what is already installed and roughly when it went in. We will tell you whether it funds, what it would take, and what we think is wrong with it.