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Barcelona terminal first to use electric reach stacker

[ September 13, 2024   //   ]

Hutchison Ports’ BEST terminal in the Port of Barcelona has put the first electric reach stacker in southern Europe into service as part of a plan to reduce emissions by 80% by 2030 and reach net zero by 2040.

It marks the start of a programme to replace diesel equipment with all-electric machinery using lithium batteries. The Sany-manufactured SRSC45E5machine this machine will reduce emissions by 260 tons of CO2e per year using electricity from 100% renewable sources. It lifts up to 45 tonnes and stacks up to five containers.

Hutchison Ports BEST chief executive, Guillermo Belcastro, said: “Society in general and consumers in particular are increasingly demanding the sustainable treatment of products from the point of production to their distribution, including the entire supply chain, and here BEST is already a differentiating factor. Currently, each container that passes through the BEST terminal reduces emissions by almost 70% compared to a conventional terminal.”

The next step of the green programme will be to connect the first container ship to 100% green electricity this September through the On Shore Power Supply (OPS) system. BEST says it will again be the first terminal in southern Europe to offer this service.

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