“We take the effect our operations have on the environment very seriously and are constantly striving to reduce the impact we cause,” said David Gledhill, CEO of Hutchison Ports (UK), which owns Felixstowe.
“It is not only in absolute terms that we have managed to reduce emission, that would be quite easy in a recession, we have also succeeded in reducing emissions on a per unit basis as well, showing that we are becoming more efficient in every container we handle.”
The port calculated that the amount of carbon dioxide emitted per teu was reduced from 19.8kg to 19kg in 2009 and is confident of a further downward trend over the coming year.
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