PORTS ProPulsion Port Authority of Imtech New York & New Jersey. by means of the energy manageIn 2011, PNCT secured a long-term ment system. This system also reducesextendiesel sion of its lease agreement an additional generator dynamical loadsforresulting from 20 years through 2030, along with aallowing 30-year acceleration to a minimum thereby option through 2050. operation.” steady diesel generator The PNCT is one ofofsixthe locations The green design ferries that and handle containerized cargo inadditional the New power configuration result in an York metropolitan The others include 19-24% savings of area. power input to the proMaher Terminal and APM Terminal at the pulsion units over a conventional diesel Elizabeth Portsolution Authority Marine CO Terminal, mechanical reducing 2 , SOx the Marine Terminal in Jersey City, andGlobal NOx emissions.
The battery banks, which can supply a minimum of 20 percent of the energy consumed on board, will be recharged overnight using separate chargers over a period of 12 hours. Electricity is cheaper at night, further reducing costs. In the future, the batteries could potentially be recharged using renewable sources, such as wind, wave, tidal and solar power. One of the challenges for hybrid vessels Jimhybrid Pellicio,platform Presidentfor & CEO, or for any that PNCT matter
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the New York Container Terminal in Staten Island and the Red Hook Container Terminal in Brooklyn. Like other terminals in the New YorkNew Jersey area, PNCT was not immune to the havoc wrecked when super storm Sandy hit last year on Oct. 29. A tidal surge covered the terminal in six feet of water. Commerce grounded to a halt as Port Authority of New York and New Jersey facilities were shutdown for a week. Rapid clean up efforts, however, allowed cargo to begin flowing again, with the first ship arrivals at PNCT on Nov. 5.technology. “Generally speaking,” is battery Among investments PNCT is maksays Breijs, the “advances in battery technologies ing is the development of an additional 80 follow a similar path filled with challenges acres, with old warehouses gates being and opportunities such asand solar panels, torn down to Technologies make way for new for instance. tend expanded to diveryard space and truck traffic flow. sify before they improved consolidate. China tends to About trucks in andofout of facthe (again)3,000 introduce themove economics scale terminal on atechnology. daily basis.Most According to Peltor in battery technological liccio, PNCT is doubling its capacity to be efforts focus on the battery key performance able to handle 6,000 cargo containers daily. indicators such as improving watt-hour “This project,” he says,to“isvolume going to haveora to weight, watt-hour ratios substantial economic throughout maximum charge time.impact The energy density the region.” ratios are expected to increase by a factor A the critical element of PNCT’s 8 in coming years due to use offacility vanaupgrade is intermodal infrastructure and at dium in redox-flow batteries. Furthermore, the heart of charge that is the new Corbin Street maximum and discharge timesRail are Flyover Bridge. The bridge, which is expected to increase by a factor 100, nearing thereby completion, provide ready access to the opening up awill new range of applications. In CSX rail all lineefforts adjacent to PNCT, improving the end, revolve around the (lifetruck flowwatt-hour. and cutting congestion— cycle)traffic price per Current typical eliminating about 400 truck moves off of investment prices range around 0.80 dollar local roads. cent per watt-hour.” PNCT is also adding $14 milAccording to Breijs, thethree Imtech energy lion new massive electric gantry cranes management system not only informs the to unload therespect beamier New Panamax operator with to the power plant vessels. Thebut cranes will be capable of liftefficiency, also actively influences the ing tons,between and carrying 20-foot load 65 balance different two power source long containers simultaneously. types.cargo This keeps all sources continuously in PNCT is also working adding arange new,given “greener” fleet their optimal the actual of Tier III-compliant 30-foot tall Straddle load condition. Carriers transport cargo throughout the Besidestohybrid propulsion, Imtech Marine terminal. All green the fork-lifts in the is researching technologies at terminal its Comalready LPG. PNCT will spend petenceoperate Center on Green Ships in Hamburg, more than According $200 million equipment purGermany. to in Stephan Claussen, chases overthe theCompetence next five years.Center Green Head of While there is no technologies requirement include yet for Ships, some of those shore-side power, the terminal alsoeffibe energy efficient HVAC systems, will energy “cold ironing-ready,” withbattery all of systems. the ductcient cooling systems, and work completed. “Imtech is developing holistic system Other that upgrades include an operating enlarged concepts are tailored to the maintenance shopprofile and theofreconstruction of profile and load their customer quay and dredging to accommodate vessels ships,” says Claussen. “These concepts are with 50 ft and drafts. modeled simulated in a second step in Currently, handles moredesign than order to assessPNCT whether the concept 600,000 containers annually and meets theshipping new regulations (such as EEDI). expects volumes are could 1.4 the million If the regulations notreach met after first annually, once thethen canal opens. design proposal theexpansion concept will be And when optimized the time comes, Pellicio assures, iteratively until compliance with “We’ll be ready.” ■ the regulations.”