Sri Lanka’s CICT invests over USD 10 Mn in green infrastructure at Colombo Port
Sri Lanka's Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) has completed a project to convert the company's diesel-operated rubber-tired gantry cranes to electric-powered rubber-tired gantry cranes or E-RTGs, making a major contribution to efforts by the Port of Colombo to go Green.
Costing more than $ 10 million, the project has resulted in CICT deploying 40 zero-emission E-RTGs at the company-managed Colombo South container terminal, achieving a 45% reduction in the terminal's overall carbon dioxide emissions to the environment and a reduction of more than 95% in diesel consumption.
Commenting on the E-RTG project, CICT CEO Ray Ren said "this initiative demonstrates CICT's as well as our parent company CMPort's commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Port of Colombo ...