The conference runs inside Cruise Terminal 1, the port’s former railway station from 1914, with a welcome reception the evening before. Around 450 delegates are expected, the largest turnout the BPA conference has had.
UK ports are moving on shore power at very different speeds. Some already have power at the berth and are working out how to handle the cable; others are still costing the grid connection. At either stage the questions worth asking are practical ones: how a connection holds up under daily use, what it takes to serve more than one berth, and how much the crew has to do to make it work.
