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Designing a Sustainable Future
The Maasvlakte II site was created by moving 310 million cubic meters of sand, and constructing 12 km of sea dikes, to reclaim 2,000 hectares (4,940 acres) of land from the North Sea. Net usable land of 1,000 hectares (2,470 acres) includes APM Terminals Maasvlakte II as well as an additional container terminal, and area for other cargo storage and distribution. The land reclamation project began in September 2008, and became available for construction in May of 2013, with 13 km (8 miles) of double-lane highway and 15 km (9.3 miles) of dual railway track. Access to the Maasvlakte II site is via the Port of Rotterdam’s Yangtze Dock. The land reclamation project represents an investment by the Port of Rotterdam of €2.9 billion.
In December 2014 APM Terminals signed a two-year, €5 million (USD $6.23 million at the time) contract with Amsterdam-based NV Nuon Energy for the supply of environmentally-sustainable wind-generated electricity to power all of APM Terminals Maasvlakte II Rotterdam’s cranes and container handling equipment. APM Terminals Maasvlakte II Rotterdam will be the world’s first container terminal with zero emissions generated on-site and off-site. The contract term began January 1st 2015.
NV Nuon Energy is one of the Netherlands’ three largest energy companies, and is part of Sweden’s Vattenfall A.B., an energy producer which is wholly-owned by the Swedish government. Vattenfall produces electricity from nuclear power, natural gas, biomass, coal power and hydro power as well as wind power, which accounted for 3.7 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity for the company in 2013. In 2010 APM Terminals Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte I facility became the world’s first container terminal to be fully powered by sustainable wind-generated electricity, pioneering the electrification and use of wind power for the APM Terminals Maasvlakte II Rotterdam terminal.
APM Terminals has also leased 35 e-NV200 electric vehicles from Nissan for the transportation of personnel and staff at the Maasvlakte II terminal. The battery charged range of these vehicles is more than sufficient for operational use at the terminal, at 140 km (90 miles) under normal road conditions.
The reduction of road congestion and highway truck traffic is part of APM Terminals’ global commitment to environmental sustainability, and meets the Port of Rotterdam’s local requirements to expand non-road intermodal container transportation. The terminal has been designed specifically to support a modal split ratio of at least 55% of freight moved by low-carbon modalities barge and rail, as part of APM Terminals’ commitment to environmentally sustainable operations in the Port of Rotterdam, and throughout the APM Terminals Global Terminal Network.
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In December 2014 APM Terminals signed a two-year, €5 million (USD $6.23 million at the time) contract with Amsterdam-based NV Nuon Energy for the supply of environmentally-sustainable wind-generated electricity to power all of APM Terminals Maasvlakte II Rotterdam’s cranes and container handling equipment. APM Terminals Maasvlakte II Rotterdam will be the world’s first container terminal with zero emissions generated on-site and off-site. The contract term began January 1st 2015.
NV Nuon Energy is one of the Netherlands’ three largest energy companies, and is part of Sweden’s Vattenfall A.B., an energy producer which is wholly-owned by the Swedish government. Vattenfall produces electricity from nuclear power, natural gas, biomass, coal power and hydro power as well as wind power, which accounted for 3.7 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity for the company in 2013. In 2010 APM Terminals Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte I facility became the world’s first container terminal to be fully powered by sustainable wind-generated electricity, pioneering the electrification and use of wind power for the APM Terminals Maasvlakte II Rotterdam terminal.
APM Terminals has also leased 35 e-NV200 electric vehicles from Nissan for the transportation of personnel and staff at the Maasvlakte II terminal. The battery charged range of these vehicles is more than sufficient for operational use at the terminal, at 140 km (90 miles) under normal road conditions.
The reduction of road congestion and highway truck traffic is part of APM Terminals’ global commitment to environmental sustainability, and meets the Port of Rotterdam’s local requirements to expand non-road intermodal container transportation. The terminal has been designed specifically to support a modal split ratio of at least 55% of freight moved by low-carbon modalities barge and rail, as part of APM Terminals’ commitment to environmentally sustainable operations in the Port of Rotterdam, and throughout the APM Terminals Global Terminal Network.
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