Device for supplying a consumer

A device (1) for supplying a ship, a position of which initially cannot be exactly determined but which can later be substantially stationarily fixed at a quay of a ship berthing dock, with electrical power from a stationary power supply, the device comprising:

• a displaceable carriage or slide (2);
• an arm (3) connected to the carriage or slide (2), wherein the arm (3) is moveable between a first position (7) and a second position (8) and includes at least one plug connector part (4) for connection to a first power supply line (5) of the ship, wherein the plug connector part (4) is connectable to the power supply by way of a second power supply line (6);
• and
• a housing (21) arranged on the arm (3), in a region of a free end of the arm (3), wherein the power supply-side second power supply line (6) is passed into the housing (21) and is guided to the plug connector part (4), which is arranged to be projecting from the housing (21), wherein in the first position (7) of the arm (3), the housing (21) with the plug connector part (4) is arranged higher than in the second position of the arm (3), and
• wherein in the second position of the arm (3), the housing (21) with the plug connector part (4) is arranged such that the plug connector part (4) is easily accessible to an operator located on the quay of the ship berthing dock.