The new six \u2018Renault Kangoo ZE\u2019 electric vans are part of ABP\u2019s ongoing vehicle replacement programme to make overall operations more environmentally sustainable by reducing emissions from vehicle exhausts. Out of the six new vehicles, four will be allocated to the Port of Ipswich, with the remaining two being shared between the Ports of King\u2019s Lynn and Lowestoft. They will be able to travel between each of the three East Anglian ports on a single charge.<\/p>\n
Five-year plan<\/strong><\/p>\n Andrew Harston, ABP short sea ports director, said: \u201cThe introduction of this new fleet of electric vehicles to our East Anglian ports is part of our five year plan to develop sustainable sources of power and reduce our overall carbon footprint.<\/p>\n \u201cThe new vans will reduce emissions and help improve local air quality, whilst also helping us to operate more efficiently.\u201d<\/p>\n In 2018, the Port of Ipswich generated 970MWh of electricity from its solar panel installations, which would be enough to power 300 electric vehicles for an average of 10,000 miles a year.<\/p>\n Alan Tinline, ABP head of environment, said: \u201cWe are proud of our teams in East Anglia who have worked tirelessly to make their ports\u2019 operations more sustainable in recent years. As one of East Anglia\u2019s major employers, we are keen to play an active role is securing the region\u2019s greener future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Associated British Ports (ABP) has invested more than GB\u00a3120,000 in a new fleet of electric vans to be deployed at its East Anglian Ports of Lowestoft, Ipswich and King\u2019s Lynn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-products-services-greenport"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676","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=676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":678,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676\/revisions\/678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}