BPO gets serious about green issues

Environmental issues are one of the key challenges facing port users. “The TNPA is desperately driving initiatives on improved environmental practices, and we are 200% committed to this initiative,” says Tarryn Lange, regional manager KZN Stevedores for Bidfreight Port Operations. “A large part of our business involves bulk products and these operations directly impact on environmental issues. Our challenge is that there are many common user/ multi user berths and not every port user is at the same level of commitment in attending to the environmental problems,” she told FTW. “Some of the initiatives for which we have already received recognition from the TNPA include the introduction of industrial sweepers on the quayside to collect bulk product sweepings and covering the port railway tracks during bulk operations to prevent product from collecting within the tracks and causing accelerated wear and tear on the tracks and switch points.”