APM Terminals Doubles Down on Switching to Renewable Electricity to Reduce Emissions

APM Terminals Doubles Down on Switching to Renewable Electricity to Reduce Emissions

(IN BRIEF) APM Terminals is committed to achieving net zero across all scopes by 2040, with a focus on the increased use of renewable energy. The company has taken several actions to reduce its carbon footprint, including switching to renewable electricity for eight terminals in Europe and Port Elizabeth, USA, and commissioning a 1 MW onsite solar plant in Pipavav, India. To tackle the challenge of addressing terminal emissions, APM Terminals has developed and implemented local terminal end-to-end roadmaps, focusing on a dual equipment electrification strategy. The company is taking a long-term approach to reducing its carbon footprint by extending asset lifetimes whenever possible until electric alternatives are available.

(PRESS RELEASE) THE HAGUE, 20-Feb-2023 — /EuropaWire/ —  APM Terminals, an operator of one of the world’s most comprehensive port and integrated inland service networks and part of Maersk, is committed to achieving net zero across all scopes by 2040, with a pathway to decarbonisation based on the increased use of renewable energy in owned and operated terminals. The company aims to switch to renewable electricity, direct electrification, battery electric mobile equipment, and green fuels whenever possible to reduce its carbon footprint. A significant share of APM Terminals’ emissions comes from purchased electricity, so the company’s near-term priority is to double down on switching to renewable electricity from on-site or off-site sources.

During 2022, APM Terminals took several actions to reduce its carbon footprint, including switching to full operations on renewable electricity for eight terminals in Europe and Port Elizabeth, USA, and commissioning a 1 MW onsite solar plant in Pipavav, India. APM Terminals also purchased over 180 pieces of electric or hybrid container handling equipment in 2022.

“The structured process allowed us to have a proper, robust debate around various options. We now have a detailed plan that we can present to our local partners, showing them how exactly we plan to do it and that it is achievable”, shares Steven Yoogalingam, Managing Director of Suez Canal Container Terminal in Egypt.

“Connecting the decarbonisation plan to our local 2022 strategy made it possible to fire up the organisation that this was important and urgent”, adds Søren Kofoed Jensen, Managing Director of Aqaba Container Terminal in Jordan. “As a global company, we not only have the obligation to lead the way on improving our operations, but we also have the competencies to support the country in being the first in the region to develop a green value proposition and skills”.

To tackle the challenge of addressing terminal emissions, APM Terminals has developed and implemented local terminal end-to-end roadmaps, addressing scope 1 emissions through a dual equipment electrification strategy. The company is taking advantage of existing products where available and partnering with suppliers to pilot new solutions for locations with less mature options. The company is also extending asset lifetimes whenever possible until electric alternatives are available, instead of replacing diesel equipment with new diesel equipment, to avoid locking into carbon-based solutions.

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Marko Mihajic
Senior Press Officer

+48 695 999 687
external.communications@apmterminals.com

SOURCE: APM Terminals