The Danish Port of Kalundborg has announced it will electrify all cranes in its deep-water container terminal within seven months.
The container terminal in the port, which is operated by APM Terminals since March 2021, additionally revealed that the container handling equipment in the short term will run on HVO100 fuel, or hydrotreated vegetable oil, and thereby reducing the CO2 emissions by 90%.
The announcement by the Port of Kalundborg was made on 31st October ahead of the first call at the terminal by “Laura Maersk”, which is the world’s first hydrogen powered container vessel build, and the container terminal will then be able to offer customers a huge reduction in landside emissions.
APM Terminals say that Kalundborg will become one of only a handful terminals to use biofuel, joining the APM Terminals in Gothenburg and P400 in Los Angeles which has used a similar renewable diesel since 2021.
Mikael Gutman, CEO APM Terminals Nordics, said the Port of Kalundborg has “vast potential” as an environmentally friendly and faster route to the important market in and around Zealand.
“With the measures we are taking, we can offer a green gateway to the Zealand market,” said Gutman. “Not only is this unique in a Danish context – it is also unique internationally and places Kalundborg on the world map as a leader of the green energy transition,” he said.
He made the remarks just days after APM Terminals and DP World released a joint White Paper calling for the electrification of terminal equipment on a global scale, and the Port of Kalundborg has then been one of the first port authorities backing this Net-Zero Ports initiative.
