{"id":262,"date":"2026-08-27T12:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T04:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/ptp-commissions-malaysias-first-electric-prime-movers\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T12:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T04:02:11","slug":"ptp-commissions-malaysias-first-electric-prime-movers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/ptp-commissions-malaysias-first-electric-prime-movers\/","title":{"rendered":"PTP commissions Malaysia\u2019s first electric prime movers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), a joint venture between Malaysia-based MMC <\/p>\n

Group and APM Terminals, has commissioned the first 21 electric prime movers <\/p>\n

(e-PMs) from a 52-unit order, becoming the first port in Malaysia to put the <\/p>\n

equipment into operation.<\/p>\n

\"PTP\u3000\u3000The units, supplied by Terberg Tractors Malaysia (TTM), entered service on <\/p>\n

11 August and will support horizontal container movements within the terminal. <\/p>\n

TTM manufactures the e-PMs in Pasir Gudang, Johor.<\/p>\n

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PTP signed a procurement agreement with TTM in December 2025 for 52 e-PMs. <\/p>\n

The remaining 31 units are due to be delivered in batches through to the end of <\/p>\n

September 2026.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The deployment follows a proof of concept carried out between 2023 and <\/p>\n

2024. According to PTP, the trial found that an electric prime mover generated <\/p>\n

4,000 kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent (kgCO\u2082eq) per month, compared with <\/p>\n

7,600 kgCO\u2082eq for a conventional unit. This represented a 48 per cent reduction <\/p>\n

in emissions.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

PTP also reported that monthly operating costs per unit were 57 per cent <\/p>\n

lower during the trial.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

PTP Chief Executive Officer Mark Hardiman said the new equipment forms part <\/p>\n

of the terminal\u2019s wider expansion programme.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u201cThese new assets are not solely about advancing our sustainability <\/p>\n

ambitions. They also form an integral part of PTP\u2019s long-term expansion <\/p>\n

programme, which will increase the port\u2019s handling capacity to 16.3 million TEUs <\/p>\n

annually by 2029, enabling us to deliver greater capacity, reliability and <\/p>\n

efficiency to support growing trade volumes and our customers\u2019 future <\/p>\n

requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The terminal is targeting a 45 per cent reduction in carbon emissions by <\/p>\n

2030 as part of its pathway towards net-zero emissions by 2050.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

PTP said it has progressively electrified its rubber-tyred gantry crane <\/p>\n

fleet since 2011, with 245 electric RTGs now in operation. The introduction of <\/p>\n

electric prime movers extends this programme to horizontal transport <\/p>\n

equipment.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Malaysia\u2019s Minister of Transport, Loke Siew Fook, said the locally <\/p>\n

manufactured equipment also reflected domestic engineering and manufacturing <\/p>\n

capability.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

TTM Chief Executive Officer Boo Wei Ching added: \u201cThe commissioning of <\/p>\n

these e-PMs demonstrates the capability of Malaysian engineering and <\/p>\n

manufacturing to support world-class port operations. Beyond supplying the <\/p>\n

equipment, our teams have worked closely with PTP throughout the testing, <\/p>\n

commissioning and operational readiness process to ensure every unit performs <\/p>\n

reliably in a demanding terminal environment. We look forward to supporting PTP <\/p>\n

as the remaining units are progressively commissioned in the months ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Once the remaining units are commissioned, PTP will operate all 52 e-PMs <\/p>\n

covered by the December procurement agreement.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), a joint venture between Malaysia-based MMC Group and APM Terminals, has commissioned the first 21 electric prime movers (e-PMs) from a 52-unit order, becoming the first port in Malaysia to put the equipment into operation. The units, supplied by Terberg Tractors …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"hj_lang":[3],"class_list":["post-262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262"},{"taxonomy":"hj_lang","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hj_lang?post=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}