APM Terminals, a container terminal operator based mostly within the Netherlands and a part of Danish transport and logistics large Maersk, and SANY Marine, a Chinese language port and logistics gear supplier and a subsidiary of SANY Group, have signed a grasp framework settlement to drive decarbonization.

The signing ceremony passed off in Zhuhai, China, on June 3, 2025.

Below the settlement, SANY Marine will provide battery-electric terminal tractors to APM Terminals sooner or later, marking “a major step” within the firm’s decarbonization technique.

Particularly, about 500 diesel-powered terminal tractors throughout APM Terminals’ international community will likely be changed with battery-electric fashions by 2030.

“APM Terminals is accelerating the decarbonisation of our operations by means of battery-electric gear, renewable power and power effectivity,” Olaf Gelhausen, COO of APM Terminals, commented.

“This settlement demonstrates our dedication to taking motion, not simply speaking. Standardising our gear and scaling battery-electric options throughout our terminals is central to our technique to succeed in web zero.”

“Securing this partnership with APM Terminals is a milestone for SANY Marine and trade. It’s our largest international electrical terminal truck order up to now, and we’re proud to assist APM Terminals with complete, low-carbon options that allow sooner progress in the direction of absolutely decarbonised terminal operations,” Jeff Fu, CEO of Sany Marine, stated.

“The multi-year settlement builds on the 2024 Strategic Provider Council hosted by APM Terminals, which highlighted our objective of making win-win partnerships,” Grant Morrison, Head of International Asset Class Administration at APM Terminals, famous.

“The settlement exemplifies this imaginative and prescient by transferring from a standard capital expenditure (CapEx) mannequin to a full-cycle partnership. This offers end-to-end assist for the operation, upkeep and optimisation of the gear all through its lifespan.”

This partnership additionally highlights the position of the Zero Emission Port Alliance, co-founded by APM Terminals in December 2023.

“Over the past two years, we’ve not solely seen main technological developments, but additionally important enhancements within the cost-effectiveness of battery-electric gear,” Gelhausen additional stated.

“This progress advantages your complete trade and makes our web zero objective more and more achievable. I’m optimistic in regards to the steps we’re taking – and the momentum we’re constructing. This isn’t solely vital for us in APM Terminals, however to your complete trade’s skill to decarbonise through this know-how. This makes me very inspired about our targets and the steps we’re taking.”

In associated information, APM terminals and Vietnam’s Hateco Group inaugurated a brand new terminal in Haiphong, Vietnam, in April this yr.

The Hateco Haiphong Worldwide Container Terminal (HHIT) will present two new deep-water berths at Lach Huyen port in Haiphong Metropolis, APM Terminals revealed, including that the brand new berths will likely be able to attracting mega vessel providers of as much as 18,000 TEU dimension.