Hybrid electric cranes deliver major emissions savings at Port of Oakland
A project to retrofit 13 yard cranes with hybrid electric engines at the Port of Oakland’s largest container terminal has cut diesel emissions by 95%.
Terminal operator SSA Marine has claimed that the project will eliminate about 1,200 metric tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually from each crane.
Ken Larson, crane manager at SSA Marine’s Oakland International Container Terminal (OICT), said: “Retrofitting our rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes to battery power produced remarkable results.
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