Westports puts sustainability into new facility: Deputy CEO
KUALA LUMPUR: Westports Holdings Bhd ensures it incorporates sustainability elements into the development of its new facility which involves stages of detailed study and assessment.
KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Chief Executive Officer Linda Zain of Westports Holdings Bhd emphasized the company's commitment to sustainability in the development of its new facility. She highlighted the difficulty of integrating electricity during the ongoing operation, as the port's size makes post-development integrations challenging.
Linda stressed that a green port goes beyond merely purchasing technology; it involves integrating the technology into existing systems, encompassing change management, acceptance, policies, standard operating procedures, and trained personnel to ensure reliability and sustainability.
She mentioned that Westports conducted a study in 2023 to determine the electricity requirements for the new facility and reviewed the plan in 2024 to assess carbon emission intensity based on cargo capacity. Accordingly, they planned the necessary equipment for the new facility. Linda stressed the importance of waste management, recycling, and minimizing carbon emissions during construction. For the new port, Westports is focusing on electrification.
The company is expanding its facility by constructing eight new container terminals (CT10-CT17) to double its container handling capacity from 14 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) to 28 million TEUs per year. Linda reported that land reclamation for CT10, CT11, and CT12 has been completed, and the project is progressing as planned.
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