HHLA on the way to climate neutrality

Six new green energy charging stations and 16 battery-powered AGVs will be put into operation at Hamburger Hafen und Logistik’s (HHLA) Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) at the Port of Hamburg by the end of the year.

Two new charging stations will be used to supply green energy to the automated AGV fleet in charge of transporting containers between the quayside and the container storage blocks at CTA. Four further charging units, each stored in a 20-foot container, will be delivered to the terminal in the coming weeks. This will increase the number of charging stations at CTA to 13 by the end of 2020, and five more will be added in the next year.

With the expansion of climate-friendly energy supply at CTA, HHLA is ensuring the continued operation of its growing battery-powered AGV fleet. Half of the vehicles employed are already powered by lithium-ion batteries and by the end of the year, 16 more of these environmentally friendly AGVs will be added to the fleet. By the end of 2022, all of the almost 100 vehicles should be powered by lithium-ion batteries. This will result in an annual reduction in emissions of approximately 15,500t of CO₂ and around 118t of nitrogen oxide.

The ratio of energy consumed to actual power output of the battery-powered vehicles is three times higher than that of diesel AGVs., said HHLA.

CTA became the first handling facility for containers in the world to be certified climate neutral by TÜV Nord in 2019. HHLA aims to halve CO2 emissions by 2030 and achieve climate neutrality across the Group by 2040.