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SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020/21 5
1.8 million TEUs
For the year ended 31st March 2021
19,220,990 KWh
Electricity from the National Grid
All terminal operators in the Port of Colombo very quickly redesigned increased by 9% year on year in total, which
and re-calibrated operations from April 2020 onwards to ensure the resulted in a 29% increase per box move
port offered uninterrupted services to its users in support of the global compared to the previous year on the back of
efforts to manage the pandemic. a lower number of containers handled during
the year. The increase in total consumption
challenge by seeking new and ‘virtual’ ways to ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP was driven entirely by the greater volume and
deepen “connections†with stakeholders. As longer dwell time of customers’ refrigerated
SAGT remains engaged with the advancement SAGT’s electricity consumption has been containers passing through the terminal,
of stakeholder interests, the opportunities identified as a significant contributor towards which need to be kept ‘plugged-in’ and is not
arising out of the “new orderâ€, particularly with its environmental impact. In the FY 2020/21, reflective of the terminal’s direct electricity
respect to productivity and efficiency gains SAGT consumed 19,220,990 KWh of electricity consumption. Electricity consumed excluding
through digitalisation, give us many reasons to from the National Grid, equating to 16.8 KWh customer owned and operated refrigerated
be optimistic for the years ahead. of electricity consumption per box move. containers was 10,474,290 KWh, a year-on-
The electricity consumption during the year year reduction of 2%.
During the FY 2020/21, SAGT consumed
56,953 m3 of water, a 2% reduction in total
water consumption, but 49.7L of water per box
move, a 14.7% increase in the consumption
per box move resulting from a decrease in
the TEU throughput compared to the previous
year.
We are presently taking steps to reduce
consumption where possible and develop
greater resource efficiency, as means to
improving these indicators in the years ahead.