The trial at the Port of Tauranga includes the purchase of a Kalmar electric straddle carrier and the installation of specialist charging infrastructure to support its operation.<\/p>\n
\u201cDiesel use in straddles is our largest source of carbon emissions, contributing around 54% of our Scope 1 emissions,\u201d said Leonard Sampson, chief executive, Port of Tauranga.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe support of EECA makes it feasible for us to test the rapidly developing electric straddle technology in a New Zealand port context.\u201d<\/p>\n
A bold step<\/strong><\/p>\n The $3.5 million project, led by Tauranga is co-funded by the Government\u2019s Low Emission Transport Fund and administered by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA).<\/p>\n It will see the port purchase a Kalmar electric straddle and install charging infrastructure. EECA will contribute $447,000 to the project to accelerate its implementation.<\/p>\n This initiative represents a bold step toward reducing the environmental impact of port operations through the adoption of electric port equipment.<\/p>\n The trial will assess a range of operational factors including charging times, driver training needs, safety and overall performance under high-demand conditions.<\/p>\n Insights from the trial will be shared with other New Zealand ports, potentially paving the way for wider port electrification.<\/p>\n If successful, electric straddle carriers could be integrated into Tauranga\u2019s ongoing fleet renewal programme, contributing to an estimated 43% reduction in combined Scope 1 and 2 emissions.<\/p>\n With seven hybrid straddles already in operation, the port sees this trial as critical to evaluating the viability of a fully electric fleet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New Zealand\u2019s busiest port is set to trial the country\u2019s first all-electric straddle carrier, marking a major milestone in port electrification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5511,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,8],"tags":[1971,2205,233,637,23,1053,1776,48],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-5510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-greenport","category-projects-initiatives-greenport","tag-charging-infrastructure","tag-electric-straddle-carrier","tag-kalmar","tag-port-electrification","tag-port-equipment","tag-port-of-tauranga","tag-shore-power-electrification","tag-shorepower-electrification"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5510","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=5510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5512,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5510\/revisions\/5512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5510"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=5510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}