Port of Kalundborg takes step towards net zero
The Port of Kalundborg, Denmark, has announced it will electrify
all cranes in its deep-water container terminal within seven months to further
lift the standard of responsibility.
The terminal, operated by APM Terminals (APMT) since March 2021,
additionally announced that the container handling equipment in the short term
will run on HVO100 fuel – or hydrotreated vegetable oil – reducing CO2 emissions
by 90 per cent.
In the longer term, the terminal will look into other decarbonised
solutions for the container handling equipment, for instance batteries.
The announcement was made on 31 October ahead of the first call at the
terminal by Laura Maersk, the world’s first hydrogen powered container
vessel.
The commitment by Port of Kalundborg to electrify its cranes, and for APMT
to switch to HVO100 fuel means that within months, the terminal will offer
customers a huge reduction in landside emissions.
Kalundborg will become one of only a handful of APMT to use the biofuel,
joining APMT Gothenburg and P400 in Los Angeles which has used a similar
renewable diesel since 2021.
Mikael Gutman, CEO APM Terminals Nordics, said the Port of Kalundborg has
“vast potential” as an environmentally friendly and faster route to the
important market in and around Zealand.
“With the measures we are taking, we can offer a green gateway to the
Zealand market,” added Gutman.
“Not only is this unique in a Danish context, it is also unique
internationally and places Kalundborg on the world map as a leader of the green
energy transition,” Gutman added.
In the summer of 2023, APMT reached an agreement with the Port of
Kalundborg in Denmark to extend the concession of Kalundborg container terminal
to 2033.
More recently, APMT and DP World announced an initiative to accelerate
decarbonisation of the world’s terminals through the widespread electrification
of container handling equipment (CHE).
