APMT to update air quality app

APM Terminals (APMT) will update its health, safety and environmental management app later this year and include a function to raise awareness about air quality.

If local air quality in or around one of the operator’s 74 terminals or 100 inland depots is poor, external truck drivers may be instructed via the APMT Leading Safety app to switch off their engines whilst waiting to enter the terminal.

The Leading Safety App will utilise the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Air Quality Index to explain the health risks of pollutants by marking them between one – no health risks – and six – serious health risks.