Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP) has fully phased in fossil-free fuel HVO100 (hydrogenated vegetable oil), making the fuel consumption in the container handling entirely fossil-free. CMP said the transition reduces the annual consumption of fossil diesel by over 286,000 litres and CO2e emissions by 640 tonnes.

CMP has been gradually switching to HVO100 since November 2023 at the container terminal in Copenhagen. Compared to the use of fossil diesel, HVO100 reduces CO2 emissions by as much as 90%.

Originally, it was planned that the full phasing-in of HVO100 in Copenhagen would not take place until the commissioning of the new container terminal at Ydre Nordhavn in 2025. However, by the end of 2023, the phase-in included terminal tractors, as well as empty container handlers and forklifts. In the first half of 2024, CMP’s new straddle carriers, with a battery-hybrid powertrain compatible with HVO100, were commissioned on parts of the current container terminal. Following this, during the summer of 2024 HVO100 was tested on CMP’s older straddle carriers and from 1 August 2024, all vehicles and equipment in ordinary operation are thereby running fossil-free. The container terminal’s large STS cranes and work vehicles have for some time been powered by electricity from renewable energy sources.

“We at CMP are very proud to be able to offer container terminal handling in Copenhagen without the use of fossil fuels – and this is more than half a year ahead of the original schedule. This is an integral step in our green transition, as well as our customers’ and the entire transport sector’s green transition. The container terminal in Copenhagen is absolutely crucial for consumers and companies in the Copenhagen metropolitan area a capital area and Region Zealand as a whole – as it handles the vast majority of containers for the market in the eastern part of Denmark. It is therefore very important for us to have eliminated fossil fuels in our terminal operations and thereby support the phase-out of CO2 emissions from fossil fuels in Copenhagen as well as in Malmö,” said Povl Dolleris Røjkjær Ungar, COO, Copenhagen Malmö Port.

CMP strives to reach net zero emissions in its operations by 2025 – and climate-positive by 2040 in accordance with Science Based Targets. According to the company, from 2020 to 2023, CMP has reduced its CO2 emissions in its operations (GHG Scope 1+2) by 68%. This corresponds to an annual reduction of 1,477 tonnes of CO2e. In Malmö, HVO100 has already been deployed by CMP, which has reduced CMP’s emissions by more than an estimated 840 tonnes CO2e annually.

Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP) has fully phased in fossil-free fuel HVO100 (hydrogenated vegetable oil), making the fuel consumption in the container handling entirely fossil-free. CMP said the transition reduces the annual consumption of fossil diesel by over 286,000 litres and CO2e emissions by 640 tonnes.

CMP has been gradually switching to HVO100 since November 2023 at the container terminal in Copenhagen. Compared to the use of fossil diesel, HVO100 reduces CO2 emissions by as much as 90%.

Originally, it was planned that the full phasing-in of HVO100 in Copenhagen would not take place until the commissioning of the new container terminal at Ydre Nordhavn in 2025. However, by the end of 2023, the phase-in included terminal tractors, as well as empty container handlers and forklifts. In the first half of 2024, CMP’s new straddle carriers, with a battery-hybrid powertrain compatible with HVO100, were commissioned on parts of the current container terminal. Following this, during the summer of 2024 HVO100 was tested on CMP’s older straddle carriers and from 1 August 2024, all vehicles and equipment in ordinary operation are thereby running fossil-free. The container terminal’s large STS cranes and work vehicles have for some time been powered by electricity from renewable energy sources.

“We at CMP are very proud to be able to offer container terminal handling in Copenhagen without the use of fossil fuels – and this is more than half a year ahead of the original schedule. This is an integral step in our green transition, as well as our customers’ and the entire transport sector’s green transition. The container terminal in Copenhagen is absolutely crucial for consumers and companies in the Copenhagen metropolitan area a capital area and Region Zealand as a whole – as it handles the vast majority of containers for the market in the eastern part of Denmark. It is therefore very important for us to have eliminated fossil fuels in our terminal operations and thereby support the phase-out of CO2 emissions from fossil fuels in Copenhagen as well as in Malmö,” said Povl Dolleris Røjkjær Ungar, COO, Copenhagen Malmö Port.

CMP strives to reach net zero emissions in its operations by 2025 – and climate-positive by 2040 in accordance with Science Based Targets. According to the company, from 2020 to 2023, CMP has reduced its CO2 emissions in its operations (GHG Scope 1+2) by 68%. This corresponds to an annual reduction of 1,477 tonnes of CO2e. In Malmö, HVO100 has already been deployed by CMP, which has reduced CMP’s emissions by more than an estimated 840 tonnes CO2e annually.