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New AGVs charge their lithium-ion batteries automatically at one of the charging stations.
cess, since the new eco-power AGVs will in future produce annual savings of around 15,500 tons of CO2 and 118 tons of nitrogen oxide. “We are there- fore very close to our aim of an emission-free con- tainer terminal,” said Pietsch.
As the last section of the terminal, diesel-powered vehicles are only still in use for transporting con- tainers between electrified block storage and the container rail terminal. “Yet there too we are al- ready planning for the future,” said the ecology ex- pert. “At the end of 2017 we successfully complet- ed a research project into operation of tractors powered by ion-lithium batteries.” Along with Konecranes, the prototype of an electric tractor plus a container with a charger has been developed and exhaustively tested with CTA as the testbed. Just when the tractors can be converted to battery power, however, is still not clear. Pietsch: “So far, no series production facility exists. And without this, nothing goes. We are not manufacturers. In addition, we shall require functioning maintenance,
service and spare-part infrastructure. We are seem- ingly a step ahead of development.” All the same, he is convinced that the next few years will bring further progress on the market, enabling these last diesel-powered vehicles to be converted to electric operation. Then the world’s first totally emis- sion-free container terminal world actually become reality. ■
Electrification of HHLA’s Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) in Hamburg
4 fully electrified transtainer cranes and electric cars as check vehicles
The road vehicle area is to be the last section of CTA to be electrified. Last year’s trial deployment of the prototype of a battery- powered tractor between block storage and the rail terminal
90 AGVs, some with diesel propul- sion, some diesel-electric, some battery-powered (lead and lithium- ion). By 2022 all AGVs will have been converted to battery operation
Fully electrified storage block with 26 gantry cranes
14 fully electrified container gantry cranes for seaborne container handling
Electrified
Electrification in implementation
Electrification planned
Graphic: HHLA/ HHM
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RAIL TERMINAL
TRAFFIC AREA
STORAGE BLOCK
AGV AREA
SEABORNE
CONTAINER HANDLING
SOUTHERN ELBE
NORTH SEA
TRANSTAINER CRANE
TRACTOR UNITS
AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE
RAIL-MOUNTED GANTRY CRANE
CONTAINER GANTRY CRANE