This pilot project will include the acquisition of five zero-emission electric straddle carriers, four recharging stations, a new IT network and the development of programmes and processes to implement the technology required for operations and recharging of machinery.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt APM Terminals we are committed to reducing CO2 emissions and we will spare no effort in meeting our 2030 goals,\u201d said Carlos Arias, general manager of APM Terminals Spanish Gateways.<\/p>\n
\u201dFor us it is very important that this is done in a collaborative way with the governments of the countries where we operate. If there is anything that definitely belongs to all of us, it is our planet.\u201d<\/p>\n
Optimising operations<\/strong><\/p>\n The Port of Barcelona acknowledged the project as essential to making progress in achieving the environmental objectives of the port and the city.<\/p>\n It will lower noise levels and improve air quality due to zero emissions in line with APM Terminals\u2019 overall objective to reduce CO2 emissions by 70% by 2030 and achieve CO2 neutrality by 2040.<\/p>\n The project is also expected to bring benefits in terms of equipment availability, improved maintenance processes and the creation of a cleaner and safer working environment, by significantly reducing the use of oil in daily operations and waste generation.<\/p>\n As well as the fact that the new electric straddle carriers are zero-emission, the electricity contracted by the terminal comes exclusively from renewable sources. This has been the case since 2018 and will continue to be so until at least 2032, according to the latest agreement reached with the distributor.<\/p>\n The Barcelona project is being funded through the Moves Singular Projects II Programme for Efficient and Sustainable Mobility, launched as part of the Spanish Government\u2019s Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan and is financed by NextGenerationEU funds from the European Union.<\/p>\n The cranes are expected to arrive in Barcelona during the third quarter of 2024, with testing to take place until the second quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n APM Terminals is also investing US$60 million on machinery electrification pilot projects across its other terminals in order to futureproof its facilities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The\u00a0Spanish Government has granted APM Terminals Barcelona \u20ac3.9 million for a electrification pilot project\u00a0which aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 821 tonnes per year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3576,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,34],"tags":[18,118,23,203,250],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-3575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-technology-greenport","category-europe-greenport","tag-apm-terminals","tag-electrification","tag-port-equipment","tag-port-of-barcelona","tag-straddle-carriers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3577,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3575\/revisions\/3577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3575"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=3575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}