cold-ironing
v.— «The AMP program reduces toxins surrounding the port and its communities by powering massive container ships with shoreside electricity, rather than using ships’ auxiliary engines. This process is called “cold ironing.”» —“Port of L.A. Presented With EPA Clean Air Award” by Kevin King The Log (Irvine, California) Apr. 19, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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