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Reaching a tipping point in battery-electric container handling equipment

One step toward decarbonising our ports: a roadmap to container handling equipment electrification.

Container Handling Equipment (CHE) is a critical enabler of port operations, accounting for 90% of global trade across the world’s 940 container ports. In 2020 alone, the global fleet of CHE enabled the transportation of 815 million TEUs but was also responsible for emitting 10-15 million tonnes of carbon dioxide whilst doing so. Research has found that the challenges hampering the uptake of battery-electric CHE can be mostly overcome.

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HIGHLIGHTS

A critical enabler of seaborne transport

Container Handling Equipment (CHE) is a critical enabler of seaborne transport, which has a lower carbon footprint than land or airborne transport and accounts for 90% of global trade.

A lower cost of ownership and greater efficiency

Battery-electric Container Handling Equipment (BE-CHE) is preferred over hydrogen-electric CHE due to a lower cost of ownership and greater efficiency

Challenges can be overcome with industry-wide collaboration

While cheaper than hydrogen-electric, battery-electric CHE faces affordability and accessibility challenges which can be overcome with the right actions from industry stakeholders.

MAKING IT HAPPEN

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Terminal Operators

• Re-think the way terminals operate
• Develop terminal-level electrification roadmaps
• Identify workforce training requirements
• Increase / scale up demand

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Original Equipment Manufacturers

• Cooperate to develop technology standards

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Port Authorities and Affiliated Government Entities

• Incentivise the transition to zero-emission CHE fleets
• Make zero-emission CHE a requirement in new proposals
• Provide financing for the required infrastructure
• Ensure clean air mandates for CHE

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Shipping Lines

• Identify requirements for end-to-end zero-emission supply chains
• Include zero-emission CHE in green shipping corridor requirements

Collective, industry-wide action is needed to achieve affordable and attractive battery-electric CHE that can be used globally.

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The Zero emission port alliance

The Zero Emission Port Alliance (ZEPA) is an industry-wide strategic coalition with the goal of accelerating the journey to zero emissions for container handling equipment (CHE) on ports.

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Insights DP World

Based on research from the recent whitepaper developed jointly by APM Terminals and DP World, the alliance will work to increase industry wide-adoption of battery-electric CHE by making it more affordable, attractive and accessible.

This will be done across four workstreams, each with a different objective to overcome challenges:

  • Encourage scaled up production capacity of BE-CHE by manufacturers & reduce product costs.
  • Bring down the cost of batteries and charging solutions, simplify implementation and increase equipment interoperability.
  • Ensure terminal operators and the grid infrastructure are ready for BE-CHE & shore power roll-out.
  • Create better implementation conditions for zero-emission fleets and help accelerate adoption of zero-emission CHE.
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"The Zero Emission Port Alliance is a results-driven coalition with a clear focus, set up to support and deliver tangible short-term action. I truly believe we are capable of driving the change needed to make port electrification happen."

Tiemen Meester

COO - Ports & Terminals, DP World

Join ZEPA

ZEPA membership is open to all industry participants, including terminal operators, OEMs, port authorities and government entities. If you’d like to speak with the team about a potential membership, please contact [email protected].

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