Latin America’s First Shore Power System Launched By DP World At Peru’s Port Of Callao

Peru’s Port of Callao has become the first Latin American facility equipped with a shore power system after DP World invested around USD 1 billion in the project. French Shipping company CMA CGM’s container ship Platinum was the first to connect to the new infrastructure.

Installed at the South Terminal, Callao has become DP World’s third facility, apart from Canada’s Prince Rupert and Vancouver ports, to have shore power.

The system can provide renewable power of up to 7.5 MVA to a ship connected to it, which is enough for the fully-loaded, biggest container ships regularly visiting the facility.

The port’s carbon dioxide emissions would reduce by 6300 tonnes annually or around 30 tonnes per ship, along with a decrease in fuel consumption and other nitrogen, sulphur and particulate matter emissions from the vessels’ auxiliary engines by over 90%.

The infrastructure for the system was combined into DP World’s $ 400 million project to expand the Bicentennial Pier. The company now aims to expand shore power across different European ports and terminals.

More than 80% of the ships visiting the terminal are already equipped to use the new system,, which makes the shore power readily available.

Though Callao had successfully decreased harmful emissions from overall terminal operations, ship emissions at berth remained high, which DP World identified and decided to bring shore power to the facility, which is now among 3% of the global ports to have a shore power system.

The President of Peru, Keiko Fujimori, said that with this development, Peru has moved an inch towards a future of growth and an example of modernisation and sustainability.

DP World has also made significant investments in other projects at the port of Callao, such as $105 million to decarbonise and electrify a terminal by providing renewable energy.

The company also brought 36 electric vehicles for the port and established a charging station for them as well, the first such system in Latin America. It also electrified all the cranes in the terminal’s yards.

These initiatives will help DP World to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 and have boosted Callao’s competitiveness in the region. In 2025, it became the first facility on the western shores of South America to handle two million TEUs in a year.