Switch to Electric at Port of Hamburg

The last diesel powered automated guided vehicle (AGV) at the Altenwerder Container Terminal (CTA) at the Port of Hamburg has been decommissioned as the entire fleet becomes battery powered.
 
The Port of Hamburg reported that the terminal operator, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik, will now operate 95 electric AGV’s to transport shipping containers from vessels to the storage system at the terminal, saving three million liters of diesel each year and the equivalent of 8,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions.
 
“The now completed switch to battery powered AGVs at CTA underlines once more the pioneering role of CTA with regard to sustainability, as we avoid thousands of tonnes of CO2 emissions every year thanks to the reduced diesel consumption. We will also continue to invest in the electrification of the equipment of the other HHLA terminals in order to achieve climate-neutral operations across the Group by 2040,” said Oliver Dux, Director of Technology at Hamburger Hafen und Logistik.