Tomorrow's Sustainability Hub

In recent years, like many of TiL's terminals, MSC Terminal Valencia (MSCTV) has taken substantive actions to reduce GHG emissions. At MSCTV, past projects have resulted in a 65% reduction in CO2 emissions from 2017 to 2021. More recently, MSC Terminal Valencia (MSCTV) has welcomed two initiatives related to trial zero-carbon container handling equipment. The terminal has been using a hydrogen fuel-cell reach stacker produced by Hyster as part of an initiative funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 innovation program and Hydrogen Europe to apply hydrogen technologies in the port environment. In 2023, MSCTV tested a new Kalmar electric reach stacker for a period of eight months. Also in 2023, the terminal installed photovoltaic panels on some of its facilities buildings' roofs.

Asyaport is Turkey's largest container terminal, located in Tekirdağ, 150 km west of Istanbul on the Sea of Marmara, with a handling capacity of 2.5 million TEUs per year and employing 1,200 people. In order to reduce its carbon footprint, so far Asyaport has electrified its vertical container handling equipment (ship-to-shore cranes and rubber tyred gantry cranes) and installed photovoltaic panels onsite to produce electricity from renewable sources. Since 2014, Asyaport has installed 2,178 panels reaching 733 kW peak power. By producing its own electricity onsite from solar energy, Asyaport is able to cover 4 % of its electricity consumption from renewable sources and plans to increase this share through future projects. In 2023, 688.4 MWh of energy produced by the solar panels was consumed by the terminal's cranes.

Our Lomé Container Terminal, Togo, has been engaged in protecting endangered marine turtles since 2012. The terminal has convened a team including a scientific coordinator, a technical supervisor, twelve eco-guards and six beach leaders to facilitate the program. Activities of the program include the monitoring and data collection of marine turtles frequenting, the recovery and release of captured individuals, the transplantation of nests into incubation enclosures, and the protection and release of newborns into the sea. During 2023, the terminal constructed three incubation enclosures for wounded turtles, where they are cared for until total recovery. The program has also resulted in recording a fifth species of local marine turtle (Caretta caretta), in addition to the four species already frequenting the Togolese coasts.

Many of our terminals have developed and implemented policies and measures to help ensure that all employees have equal conditions for work, equal pay and the same career opportunities. In our terminal at Klaipeda in Lithuania, our terminal gives employees equal possibilities to apply for childcare leave, regardless of gender or age. There are also procedures in place to protect women who have recently given birth and are breastfeeding, and any employee raising two or more children under the age of 12, or a disabled child under the age of 14, is given one extra rest day per month.

Our terminals have employee engagement initiatives and engage with communities beyond the terminals'gates. Our Buenos Aires terminal, for example, has an extensive social responsibility program. Specifically, throughout 2023, the terminal provided over 30 tons of food and 80,000 cleaning supplies to the local community. The terminal also distributed more than 7,000 toys to children in need and provided uniforms and school supplies for the upcoming school year. Like other TiL's terminals, the Buenos Aires terminal has also contributed to the facilities of the nearby community centre by donating appliances such as freezers, ovens, sewing machines and other essentials, to families in need. This centre is also responsible for providing meals and promoting social and educational activities within the community.