The port scored highly for its communication and promotional activities, used to highlight its environmental objectives and to encourage employees to get involved, including its award-winning Travel Plan and engagement with national campaigns such as 10:10. David Gledhill, Chief Executive Officer for Hutchison Ports (UK) Ltd, which owns the Port of Felixstowe, said: “Environmental performance continues to be a key driver for us as it makes sense from both an environmental and a business perspective. Our employees’ actions, from car sharing to the recycling of waste have all contributed to our improved environmental performance. Tapping into individuals’ recognition of their responsibility for the environment continues to be a priority and we have an extended communications and engagement plan for 2011. This award is testament to both the business as a whole and our employees who have helped make our carbon reduction scheme so successful.” The most tangible improvement in the port’s environmental impact has been the overall reduction in its carbon footprint. As certified by the Carbon Trust, the port has reduced its carbon emissions by 10% since 2008.
David Gledhill continued:
“Reducing the impact we have on the environment and offering our customers a range of sustainable distribution options is one of our key objectives. We already handle more containers by rail than any other UK port and are continuing to invest heavily in improving our rail terminal facilities. These rail options, combined with the growing use of sustainable coastal shipping services available through the port, and our own actions to reduce our carbon footprint, make the Port of Felixstowe the true low-carbon option.”
Information on all the environmental initiatives at the port is contained within the recently published annual Environmental Report, which also provides details of the environmental impact the port has on the surrounding area.

Lorenzini purchased the following modules around their administrative software Step2: Gate wizard , RFnet , E-Terminal , Terminal invoicing system (Tis) , Graphical yard , Rail , Vessel planning , EDI-Step and Grasp & Grip two programs to monitor remote reefer temperature and settings as agent for RTE , USA. This full Terminal Operators Software (TOS) is based on the latest technology and programmed in the modern Java language , only requires 2 servers , easy to install and to train , a result of many years of experience in small, medium and large terminals understanding the requirements of the customers but also the need to keep everything at a economical attractive package.

The purchase by Lorenzini of the TOS system has been the next step after it already re-organised the terminal layout, the roads and structure of the stacking areas during the past year to bring the terminal ready for future expansion, other operational measurements are studied and will become the next step to continue to improve quality, productivity and capacity growth for the years to come.

The Port of Savannah is the fastest growing container port in the US and the second largest port on the US East Coast. Exports are driving economic recovery at the port, which boasts a uniquely balanced export/import ratio. It handled 12% of all US containerised exports in 2010, a total of 1.14 million TEU. 

“We consider Konecranes a valued partner in our ongoing effort to build capacity and serve a growing sector of the US market,” said Curtis Foltz, Executive Director, GPA. “This new order will not only allow the Port of Savannah add to the largest and most efficient fleet of STS and RTG cranes in the Southeast US, but it will provide additional emission reductions and environmental improvements for our local community.”

“Our cooperation with GPA goes back a long way and we are very proud to be a part of GPA’s forward-thinking growth strategy,” says Tuomas Saastamoinen, Sales and Marketing Director at Konecranes. “With their present fleet of 96 Konecranes RTGs and 18 Konecranes STS cranes, GPA is one of our largest and most important customers.”

The Super Post Panamax STS cranes on order have a lifting capacity of 66 tonnes and an outreach of 61m. Their design is identical to that of the Konecranes STS cranes delivered to GPA a few years ago, which have turned out to be among the most productive cranes in the US. The fuel-saving RTG cranes on order have been designed to take future environmental requirements into account. Thanks to a Konecranes fuel-saving system which eliminates idling and also reduces noise and emissions, these RTGs consume up to 30% less fuel than conventional RTGs. The 16-wheel RTGs have a lifting capacity of 50 tonnes and can stack 1-over-5 containers high, and 6 plus truck lane wide.

According to the agreement, finalised at the end of last year, delivery of the units will take place in the second quarter of 2011. The new CSC340 units on order will be capable of stacking containers one-over-two with loads of up to 40 tonnes. Kalmar 7+ generation straddle carriers feature a modular design that is also well-equipped to handle the harsh winter conditions of the St Petersburg area.

As a long-time customer, FCT received their first straddle carrier from Cargotec already in the 1980s. NCC also operates with other types of Kalmar equipment, such as terminal tractors, reachstackers and empty container handlers.

NCC’s terminal network includes First Container Terminal (FCT, St. Petersburg), Logistika-Terminal (Shushary, St Petersburg) and Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT, Leningrad region). The aggregated throughput of NCC terminals in 2010 amounted to about 1.3 million TEU. The main focus of NCC strategy for 2011 is ULCT first phase completion. ULCT is due to become the largest container terminal in Russia and the Baltic region with the annual throughput capacity of 3 million TEU by 2019.