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Environmental Achievements at EUROGATE

Environmental Achievements at EUROGATE EUROGATE – company profile EUROGATE is Europe’s leading container terminal and logistics group Jointly with Contship Italia - Eurogate runs 10 terminal locations handling 14.2 million TEUs in 2008 4,500 employees  in Germany founded in 1999

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Environmental Achievements at EUROGATE

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  1. Environmental Achievements at EUROGATE

  2. EUROGATE – company profile • EUROGATE is Europe’s leading container terminal and logistics group • Jointly with Contship Italia - Eurogate runs 10 terminal locations • handling 14.2 million TEUs in 2008 • 4,500 employees  in Germany • founded in 1999 • Merging the container business of Eurokai Hamburg and BLG Logistics group Bremerhaven • head office in Bremen, Germany Environmental Achievements at Eurogate

  3. Innovative Heat and Electricity generation • 1987 – installation of a gas-fuelled power plant to simultaneously generate heat and electricity for office buildings and workshops • 2006 – installation of a heating plant fuelled with waste dunnage wood in Bremerhaven • 2007 – installation of 14 heat pumps for small remote buildings – e.g. at truckers check-in-points • 2007 – deliberate analyses of wind mill installation in Bremerhaven -> outweighted by noise reduction and safety • 2008 – wood fuelled heating plant in Hamburg Environmental Achievements at Eurogate

  4. Automotive engineering • Reducing 30% of fuel demand by technology shift from diesel hydraulic to diesel electric motors – in 2006 to 2008: annual CO2-reduction of 21,000t • Investment in further research towards • Improved hybrid straddle carriers for better energy recuperation from braking the vehicle or dropping the container • development of a hydrogen powered vehicle • Investment in development of a rope-way container transportation as a new generation of internal container transport systems within the port • Present investigation programme on fuel reduction by deliberate driving methods Environmental Achievements at Eurogate

  5. Further environmental measures • Green-IT: Consolidation of server equipment • Perpetual optimisation of illumination – towards bird and insect compatibility and energy efficiency • Recycling of construction material • Recycling of used oils • Use of recycling paper for internal purposes Environmental Achievements at Eurogate

  6. thank you for your attention Environmental Achievements at Eurogate

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