Less impact on the environment
The objective of reducing their CO₂ emissions by 2% each year.
Objectives
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- Sustainable energy management
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- Why this is important
- Most important achievements
- Contribution to SDG's
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Why this is important:
- Increasing cost of energy
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Most important achievements:
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- Sustainable partnerships
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- Why this is important
- Most important achievements
- Contribution to SDG's
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Why this is important:
- Reducing impact on climate
- Improving air quality
- Local production and consumption
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- Electrification through innovation
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- Why this is important
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- Contribution to SDG's
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Why this is important:
- Automation and electrification are necessary to stay competitive
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Sustainable
energy management
DP World’s head office has set all terminals the objective of reducing their CO₂ emissions by 2% each year. Via a monitoring system, we are able to see what our largest consumers are and how we can further reduce our energy consumption.
Antwerp Gateway is the largest consumer within DP World Antwerp, primarily because it uses different crane types and heavy rolling stock.
Antwerp Gateway is therefore the main focus when it comes to saving energy saving and CO₂.
Energy per total terminal move
Antwerp Gateway electricity off-take
Largest
consumers
Reefers, quay cranes, ASC, other (lighting, buildings, ...)
Straddle carriers, other (heating, terminal vehicles,...)
The DP World Group intends to step up its ambitions regarding CO₂ emissions by increasing the target figure to be achieved.
The objective currently stands at −2% compared with 2018.
-2% CO₂ emissions compared with 2018
Consumption of electricity:
Reefers, quay cranes, ASCs, other (lighting, buildings ...)
Sustainable
partnerships
Local green energy generation and consumption
Antwerp Gateway wants to go much further than the objective set by head office for CO₂ savings and use 100% locally generated green electricity.
By entering into various partnerships, DP World Antwerp hopes to produce the majority of its electricity requirements sustainably and locally. Following an incident at the biogas installation, production has been halted for almost 2 years. As a result, the proportion of locally produced electricity in 2017 amounted to just 7,294,075 kWh or around 25% of the total electricity consumption, while this figure increased to 31% in 2018. When the biogas installation is fully operational, we expect it will be able to cover 80% of our electricity requirements, along with the windmills.
Working with a neighbouring company to save water
Antwerp Gateway and Ashland Specialities, a chemical company located close to DP World Antwerp, entered into a partnership that allowed Antwerp Gateway to use part of Ashland’s premises for storage of empty containers and CFS activities. In return, Antwerp Gateway ensures that the rainwater is diverted to a buffer tank via an internal sewer system. Ashland Specialties uses the water in its chemical processes, saving 64,000 m³ (equivalent to 25 Olympic-size swimming pools) of drinking water. The project was one of the finalists of the Port of Antwerp Sustainability Award 2018.
Kg CO₂ per MODTEU
Kg CO₂ Savings due to wind turbine and biogas
Electrification
through innovation
Electric Automated Stacking Cranes
In 2005, Antwerp Gateway became the first and only company at the Port of Antwerp to start replacing straddle carriers with ASCs (automated stacking cranes).
These cranes perform fully automatic handling of the containers and are electrically powered. This means that not only can more containers can be stacked, they can also be stacked higher and placed more closely together, which saves space.
An ASC uses almost 50% less energy to process a container than a straddle carrier, and makes use of our locally produced green electricity. If we want to remain competitive compared with ports such as Rotterdam and Hamburg, we need to keep investing in automation. Today, Antwerp Gateway has 10 ASC modules.
Hybrid straddle carriers
Our straddle carriers use large amounts of diesel. To save energy, we searched for an alternative: the hybrid straddle carrier, which uses just 14.4 litres per operating hour compared with the 24.3 litres used by our old machines. Over the whole lifetime of a straddle carrier, this represents a saving of around 396,000 L per straddle carrier. In 2017, we purchased 8 hybrid straddle carriers, and 15 more in 2018. We are systematically replacing our entire fleet, with a further 19 hybrid straddle carriers set to be purchased in 2019.
DP World has been a leader in sustainability for ten years. What’s more, this approach is adopted by the whole group. This is unprecedented. Despite the higher investment cost of hybrid straddle carriers, DP World continues to put its trust in this technology.
Damien Cols, Account Manager – KalmarEnergy-efficient Quay Cranes
Finally, we invested in two new quay cranes in 2018. These cranes are higher and longer, which means they have a greater reach. This is necessary in order to load and unload the largest container ships visiting the Port of Antwerp. We also opted for the most energy-efficient technology.
Expansion plan 2020:
Greater capacity and less energy
DP World Antwerp aims to build a further 17 ASC modules by 2025. This means that 80% of Antwerp Gateway’s capacity will be handled by the ASC modules rather than by straddle carriers. Automated stacking cranes allow containers to be moved in a much more energy-efficient manner. ASCs are also the ideal tool for making efficient use of space. The containers are placed more closely together and stacked higher, creating greater yard capacity on top of the space already available. This applies not only to containers but also to reefers, for which there is growing demand at the Port of Antwerp. Finally, we intend to purchase four additional state-of-the-art quay cranes.
Optimising terminal processes
It’s not just technology that contributes to energy efficiency. Because the yard is reaching its limits, efficient planning becomes even more important in the efforts to make energy savings. With more intelligent and efficient planning, many moves of containers, cranes, ASCs, and straddle carriers can be eliminated. We want to minimise these unproductive moves. A dedicated team is responsible for optimising working processes at the terminal. They are looking for answers to questions such as “How can we reduce the driving distances of our straddle carriers?” and “How can we ensure that machines are not driving around empty?”.
Every second counts in an environment where everything needs to be faster and more efficient. Process optimisation reduces unproductive moves, maximises the available operational time, and saves energy.
Tony Filibert, COO - DP World Antwerp