APM Terminals’ company policy, principles and standards require proactive efforts to design, develop, operate and maintain the most environmentally sensitive and advanced facilities possible. It is a responsibility we take very seriously as corporate citizens, and as members of every community in which our world-wide network of terminals and offices conduct business.

The APM Terminals’ global portfolio seeks to employ the most modern and technologically advanced terminal handling equipment available to minimize power usage and the emission of pollutants and greenhouse gasses. We have made efforts to significantly reduce the environmental impact often associated with terminal development and construction, and have made environmental awareness a major company goal, including the world’s  first “green energy” powered container terminal at APM Terminals Rotterdam, and the world’s first all-electric RTG fleet at the Shanghai East Container Terminal (SECT) in China.

We carefully monitor our Carbon Footprint through a detailed annual survey covering the environmental impact and performance of the APM Terminals Global Terminal Network. The information gathered allows us to determine the best measures to reduce CO2 emissions as part of our overall strategic corporate goal of becoming eco-efficient. In 2009 APM Terminals reduced CO2 output per TEU by 8%. Our company goal for 2010 is to reduce our total CO2 emissions by 10%. Our environmental strategy: eco-efficiency

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Environmental issues and concerns

	Air pollution
	Water pollution
	Soil pollution
	Impact on local community

Environmental Milestones
2009

• Aarhus, Denmark: APM Terminals Aarhus introduced a new rail shuttle service from the Port of Aarhus to the Danish capital of Copenhagen. The new service offers shippers a five hour transit time and frequency of up to three departures a week, removing diesel-burning truck traffic from Copenhagen streets and Danish highways.
  
• Itajai, Brazil: Truck traffic flows and request procedures were streamlined based upon crane productivity, and terminal speed limits. A calculation was made to determine the expected performance of moves per hour, and the number of trucks required for any given day. This is projected to reduce truck engine CO2 emissions by 186 tons per year.
  
• Mumbai, India: The combined efforts of the Gateway Terminals India (GTI) team toward reducing costs and improving overall environmental performance resulted in savings of 30% in electricity and 19.35% in diesel fuel in 2009, representing the elimination of 5,000 tons of CO2 emissions.
  
• Portsmouth, Virginia, USA: APM Terminals joined efforts with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and several other industry partners to integrate advanced hybrid power train technology into a port‐service vehicle. The yard hostler, a type of vehicle used to move freight containers within a marine terminal and rail yards, began testing at APM Terminals Port Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA.
  
• Rotterdam, Netherlands: In October APM Terminals Rotterdam officially opened its new power station at the terminal distributing electricity generated through wind power to its terminal equipment. The electricity is sourced from two windmill farms which provide electricity to 14 gantry shore cranes, all the refrigerated containers stored on the terminal, light poles, workshops and other power consumption needs. By switching to green electricity the terminal will reduce its CO2 emissions by 45% per year.
  
• Shanghai, China: At the Shanghai East Container Terminal (SECT) 48 RTGs were converted from diesel in 2008 and 2009, making SECT the world’s first marine terminal to use primarily electric-powered RTGs. This has reduced CO2 emissions by 7,500 tons annually at the facility.