Konecranes takes significant action to reduce CO2 emissions

Carbon emissions have been minimized wherever possible, and where not possible they have been compensated for with re-forestation, up to the point of hand-over to the customer.

‘While we decrease the emissions of our own operations and our value chain. We design our products with their complete lifecycle in mind. The majority of the environmental impact of a product is defined during the product design stage. Therefore, we carefully analyze our product lifecycle phases in terms of the total carbon footprint. The lifecycle of our RTGs has three distinct phases: manufacturing and material, transport and commissioning; use phase; end-of-life,’ the company announced.

Delivering RTGs to its customers in a carbon neutral manner concerns phase 1, which represents around 1/10 of the total CO₂ load. For the parts where it cannot eliminate all carbon emissions, it says it has compensated for it by means of a re-forestation scheme.

The usage of the equipment represents the main part of the carbon footprint of the RTG lifecycle – around 9/10. For this part Konecranes already provides many ways to reduce the carbon footprint with Ecolifting power options. In the end-of-life phase, the RTG steel structure can be fully recycled – this phase represents less than 1/10 of the total carbon footprint.

“This is a journey that benefits everyone. In the RTG lifecycle, there are many carbon dimensions to consider. We have done thorough research and detailed lifecycle assessment calculations. The objective was always clear: to deliver hybrid and electric RTGs to the customer in a carbon neutral state, so customers can operate their terminals with a bare minimum of climate impact, supporting their own long-term sustainability mission. This now comes as standard with hybrid and electric Konecranes RTGs. The customer doesn’t have to do anything,” said Mika Mahlberg, EVP, Konecranes Port Solutions.