APM Terminals continues to lower emissions levels

Wednesday, 03 March 2010

APM Terminals’ senior director of sustainability, Henrik Kristensen, has admitted that although progress has been made, “a long journey lies ahead” before “eco-efficiency” can be feasible for container terminals.

Through aggressive measures to improve fuel economy and introduce environmentally sustainable terminal operating practices, APM Terminals has managed to lower its CO2 emissions per teu handled to 17.6kg, down 8% on the 2008 figure, and has announced its goal of reducing its overall CO2 emissions by a further 10% per teu this year.

Kristensen said: “We have 80-100 environmental projects ongoing, but we need to accelerate the best practice sharing process to maximise energy reductions.”

The strategies include: a global certifiable environmental management system, sustainable port technology and reducing diesel consumption by using electric-powered terminal equipment.