Port Authority of Seville and the container terminal sign an environment agreement

The president of the Seville Port Authority (APS), Rafael Carmona, and the director of Terminal Marítima del Guadalquivir (TMG), José Antonio Gascó, have today signed an agreement of good practices to improve service quality and guarantee environmental excellence - May 20, 2021 The company, which has been managing the container business in the Port of Seville since 2017, will be able to benefit from a 15% discount on the activity rate quota, which will become effective once the investments and protocols established in the agreement have been executed. . Specifically, Terminal Marítima del Guadalquivir has started a program to improve material resources, for the maintenance of the facilities and for environmental monitoring, which involves an investment of around 100,000 euros. On the one hand, TMG has allocated 88,700 euros to improving the sanitation and sewerage network of the entire terminal, which includes the installation of a new generation hydrocarbon separator; and the energy efficiency of the fleet with the acquisition of two low consumption and low emission reach stacker cranes. The rest of the amount will be dedicated to environmental awareness programs for staff and the provision of monitoring and control measures for consumption. Likewise, TMG has implemented an environmental management system based on the ISO 14001 standard that includes all merchandise handling activities related to the operation of the container terminal. This agreement is regulated according to article 245 of the Consolidated Text of the Law on State Ports and the Merchant Marine, aimed at all companies that prove their responsibility with the environment and with the conservation and protection of the environment. By virtue of the aforementioned article, the Port Authority may apply bonuses to encourage better environmental practices. In fact, the first logistics operator to take advantage of this measure was Sevitrade, which operates in the lock port terminal and in the liquids terminal. The Port Authority of Seville is committed to environmental excellence as a hallmark and this is reflected in the strategy of the Port of Seville 2025. "Every day we progress further in improving the environmental performance of port operations," said Rafael Carmona. With the signing of this agreement "we want to encourage the rest of the companies to follow the example of Terminal Marítima del Guadalquivir and to improve their environmental protocols to be greener every day". Multimodal logistics district Terminal Marítima del Guadalquivir is owned by Boluda Corporación Marítima and French shipper CMA-CGM. The company manages an area of about 180,000 m2 in the Batán dock and is part of the multimodal logistics platform of the Port of Seville, made up of the ZAL and the railway and container terminals. Source: Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla (APS - Port Authority of Seville)

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