The advanced handler, powered by 650-volt lithium-ion batteries, can stack containers up to eight-high and will help to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions at the terminal. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe introduction of the Hyster battery-electric empty container handler at Malta Freeport is an important step in reducing emissions in our Terminal operations,\u201d said Alex Montebello, CEO of Malta Freeport Terminals Ltd.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis collaboration will help us leverage cutting-edge, sustainable technology to meet our decarbonisation goals while maintaining the efficiency and reliability that our operations demand.\u201d<\/p>\n
Energy transition<\/strong><\/p>\n This two-year pilot, funded by the CMA CGM Energy Fund \u201cPULSE,\u201d supports the global shipping leader\u2019s energy transition goal of achieving net-zero carbon by 2050.<\/p>\n Niek Willems, Hyster\u2019s leader of business development, global ports and terminals, highlighted the significance of this partnership.<\/p>\n \u201cCollaborating with CMA CGM to pioneer the use of a lithium-ion battery-powered empty container handler is the next exciting development in this relationship,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The design of the battery electric empty container handler for Malta Freeport Terminals, based on the equivalent diesel model to provide a familiar user experience for operators, is the result of years of Hyster research and development around port equipment electrification.<\/p>\n It follows projects such as the pilot of a hydrogen fuel cell-powered top-pick container handler at the Port of Los Angeles and a hydrogen fuel cell-powered Reach Stacker to the Port of Valencia.<\/p>\n Hyster said that these innovative developments aim to transform operations which have previously depended on trucks with internal combustion engines and provide real-world solutions that enable businesses to meet their sustainability goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hyster will supply Malta Freeport Terminals with a battery-electric empty container handler, marking a major step forward in port electrification at the operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4936,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,22],"tags":[1916,108,637,23,1776],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-4935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-technology-greenport","category-products-services-greenport","tag-electric-container-handler","tag-hyster","tag-port-electrification","tag-port-equipment","tag-shore-power-electrification"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4935","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=4935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4937,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4935\/revisions\/4937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4935"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=4935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}