DP World to cut emissions by 35 per cent at Jebel Ali Port
DP World recently signed an agreement for the more efficient 16 gallon diesel engines with Masaood, the local arm of Volvo-Penta. Speaking at the Middle East Electricity 2009 conference, Frank Aslam was careful not to overemphasize the environmental benefits of the engines.
"At the end of the day, we are burning diesel," he said. "We can make sterling efforts to burn as little fuel as possible." The engines will go into triangular shaped cranes that operate continually at sea ports unloading cargo.
The Middle East Electricity conference ended on Tuesday in Dubai after three days. According to Sarah Woodbridge, the group director for exhibitions for the conference, the Middle East still requires $500 billion investment in electricity infrastructure.
Citing a report from management consulting firm AT Kearney, Woodbridge said that electricity capacity is only expected to increase 4 per cent per year at a time when the economy is expected to grow by 7 per cent, leaving an energy gap.
Several of the exhibitors displayed technology geared towards alternative electricity generation such as wind and solar. The UAE signed a nuclear agreement with the US last month to establish a legal framework for nuclear energy. Viable nuclear power plants are still years away; none of the exhibitors at the conference were actively selling components for nuclear energy.
will see its Terminal two at Jebel Ali port development completed by the end of this month. The terminal will increase the port's capacity by five million TEUs, bringing the total to 14 million TEUs. Last week the company opened its new Doraleh Container Terminal in Djibouti, the largest and most modern terminal in East Africa.
The Doraleh terminal has the capacity to handle 1.2 million TEUs (twenty foot equivalent container units) annually while its 18-metre draft and 1,050-metre quay can easily accommodate largest ships in service including 10,000-15,000 TEU 'Super-Post-Panamax' vessels.
operates 48 terminals and 13 new developments across 31 countries. The port operator has a global capacity of more than 54 million TEUs which it sees increasing significantly in the coming years.
"At the end of the day, we are burning diesel," he said. "We can make sterling efforts to burn as little fuel as possible." The engines will go into triangular shaped cranes that operate continually at sea ports unloading cargo.
The Middle East Electricity conference ended on Tuesday in Dubai after three days. According to Sarah Woodbridge, the group director for exhibitions for the conference, the Middle East still requires $500 billion investment in electricity infrastructure.
Citing a report from management consulting firm AT Kearney, Woodbridge said that electricity capacity is only expected to increase 4 per cent per year at a time when the economy is expected to grow by 7 per cent, leaving an energy gap.
Several of the exhibitors displayed technology geared towards alternative electricity generation such as wind and solar. The UAE signed a nuclear agreement with the US last month to establish a legal framework for nuclear energy. Viable nuclear power plants are still years away; none of the exhibitors at the conference were actively selling components for nuclear energy.
will see its Terminal two at Jebel Ali port development completed by the end of this month. The terminal will increase the port's capacity by five million TEUs, bringing the total to 14 million TEUs. Last week the company opened its new Doraleh Container Terminal in Djibouti, the largest and most modern terminal in East Africa.
The Doraleh terminal has the capacity to handle 1.2 million TEUs (twenty foot equivalent container units) annually while its 18-metre draft and 1,050-metre quay can easily accommodate largest ships in service including 10,000-15,000 TEU 'Super-Post-Panamax' vessels.
operates 48 terminals and 13 new developments across 31 countries. The port operator has a global capacity of more than 54 million TEUs which it sees increasing significantly in the coming years.