Green feat

Bureau Veritas and Bolloré Ports have awarded Meridian Port Services (MPS) two stars under the Green Terminal environmental labelling process.

MPS, which operates a container terminal in Ghana’s Port of Terma, is the first container terminal in the Bolloré Ports network to obtain the Green Terminal label, also achieving the highest score with an 86.58% success rate (a two-star rating).

“Environmental and social sustainability is at the heart of MPS’s business activities. The Green Terminal label commits us to continuing our efforts to control the socio-economic footprint of our activities,” explained Mohamed Samara, CEO of MPS.

GHG emissions down 36%

Bureau Veritas conducted an audit lasting several months to assess the social and environmental performance of MPS’ facilities, equipment, energy consumption and operating processes.

In three years, MPS has reduced its greenhouse emissions by 36%, making it one of the most energy-efficient entities. In terms of the volumes handled, its carbon intensity is around 5 kg CO2 eq/TEU for the 2020 financial year compared to 9 kg CO2 eq/TEU for the 2018 financial year.

The evaluations used in the Green Terminal environmental labelling process are based on more than 250 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and categorised into four levels: the minimum pass rate is set at 50%, the second level starts at 65% (one star), the third at 80% (two stars) and the top tier at 90% (three stars).

MPS is a joint venture company between Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority and Meridian Port Holdings Limited, a joint venture by Bolloré Transport and Logistics and APM Terminals.