Annual Report 2019

61 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Fuel-powered Equipment to Electricity-powered Equipment Technologies by Reach Stackers and Handlers: Through technological transformation by replacing diesel engines with lithium-ion battery engines, Guangdong Yide Port Limited (“ Yide Port ”) has achieved “zero emission” of waste gas for its container equipment. In addition to “turning waste into wealth and treasure” for old equipment, operational costs have been saved with an ultimate objective to reduce emission of polluting waste gas. Regarding equipment transformed for energy conservation and emission reduction, reach stackers and handlers are expected to save energy consumption by HK$4.82/move/unit and HK$2.50/move/unit, respectively, with zero emission of waste gas reaching 100%. Energy conversion rate will be increased by 216% and noise of engines will be reduced by 21.1%. The project has been admitted as “2018 Key Technological Project in Transportation Industry” (2018 年度交通運輸行業重點科技項目 ) by the Ministry of Transport of China and serves as a demonstration project for relevant technological transformation in the port and shipping industry. Comparison of energy consumption and operating costs of equipment before and after “fuel-powered equipment to electricity-powered equipment” at Yide Port Energy consumption (before transformation) Energy consumption (after transformation) Operating costs (before transformation) Operating costs (after transformation) Reach stackers 1L/move 3kWh/move HK$7.37/move HK$2.55/move Handlers 0.49L/move 1.2kWh/move HK$3.63/move HK$1.02/move Note: Calculated based on 30 tonnes/time for one time of lifting of container by a reach stacker, oil price of HK$7.37/L and tariff of HK$0.85/kWh. Although policies vary among power supply departments of different regions, the electricity costs are lower during non-peak hours at night. Resource conservation In order to improve the efficiency of energy utilization, the Group has always been advocating green office and fully integrated green concepts into its daily operation and encouraged employees to reduce the use of electricity, water, paper and packaging materials at office. The Group vigorously promoted informationalisation development and reduced the use of office consumables through continuous development of automation system and realization of paperless customs clearance, thereby enhancing resource utilization rate and achieving efficient production and operation. Sewage collection and treatment facilities were built for recycling and reusing sewage water. In 2019, 580,000 tonnes of sewage water were treated and have met the standards for recycling and reusing. No issues regarding water sources were found. In 2019, the water consumption and energy consumption of the Group in Mainland China and Hong Kong are as follow: Water consumption Type Unit Consumption Density Water m 3 1,644,310 0.15714 m 3 /TEU Energy Consumption Type Unit Consumption Density Diesel tonnes 19,962 0.08203 GJ/TEU Gasoline tonnes 191 0.00081 GJ/TEU Natural Gas m 3 409,227 0.00147 GJ/TEU Note: The density of energy consumption is calculated based on CDP Technical (Note: Conversion of fuel data to MWh) and the container throughput of 10.46 million TEUs handled by the Group in Mainland China and Hong Kong during the reporting period