HHLA makes greater use of electric mobility

HHLA terminal Tollerort launches largest fleet of electric vehicles in  the North Range ports
 
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) confirms its stricing to  increase commitment in the sector of electric mobility. 24 Kangoo Maxi  Z.E. (zero emission) vans from Renault will be used for carbon-free  passenger transport at the HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT). This  action is part of the ‘Hamburg – Wirtschaft am Strom’-project (Hamburg –  Current Affairs), which is being funded by the German Federal Ministry  of Transport, Building and Urban Development (BMVBS) as part of its  Electric Mobility Pilot Regions programme.
 
Achim Schaible, CEO of Renault Deutschland AG, handed over a fleet of 24 Kangoo Maxi Z.E. to Klaus-Dieter Peters, Chairman of the HHLA  Executive Board, providing the HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT)  with what is now the largest fleet of electric vehicles at a port  terminal in the North Range ports. The Renault electric vans will provide the main share of staff transport at the CTT, such as taking  container gantry crane operators out to the cranes for their shift. More  than 60 per cent of the cars and vans used at the terminal are now  equipped with environmentally friendly electric motors. Every Kangoo has  its own parking space and charging station, so the fleet can be  optimally deployed in ongoing terminal operations around the clock.
 
At their forecast annual mileage at the Tollerort terminal, the Kangoos  will use around 50,000 kWh of electricity from renewable sources. This  is less than half the volume of electricity produced annually by the  solar power unit that HHLA had installed on the roof of the CTT workshop  in 2011 in cooperation with Hamburg Energie. For HHLA, this is another  important step towards its target of reducing specific carbon dioxide  emissions per container handled by 30 per cent by 2020.

Quelle: LogEastics

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