Newsletter #361 (View other news stories)
NZ port meets carbon challenge
AUCKLAND, New Zealand
Thursday, 22 May 2008
 Jens Madsen, MD of Auckland Ports says the port is committed to keeping its carbon footprint to a minimum. |
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Ports of Auckland has completed an independent audit of its greenhouse gases as part of its commitment to keeping its carbon footprint to a minimum.
The audit comes ahead of this week’s Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Federation Conference on Climate Change, at which Ports of Auckland chief financial officer Wayne Thompson will join an industry forum canvassing key industry representatives on their companies’ responses to the carbon challenge.
MD Jens Madsen says the port has already begun to demonstrate its commitment to energy efficiency.
A number of initiatives, both in terms of technology purchases and operational behaviours, had been introduced over recent years, including:
• the significant investment in an upgrade of the Port’s floodlighting in 2005, to reduce the company’s respective energy consumption by around 15% ;
• the purchase of 35 new hybrid diesel-electric straddle carriers over the last three years, forming the country’s newest and most efficient fleet;
• the introduction of a Vehicle Booking System; and
• the recent introduction of a sophisticated fuel-monitoring system.
The port is working on the establishment of a rail link between the Auckland seaport and the company’s Wiri Inland Port, which would generate further operational and environmental efficiencies.
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