## 4 Case Studies
### Port of Liverpool  
The Port of Liverpool (www.peelports.com/port-locations/liverpool, accessed on 25 November 2023), operated by Peel Ports, is a key trading and logistics hub with strong links to North America and Europe. The Port of Liverpool moved 33.62 million tonnes of cargo in 2022. It handles a variety of cargo types including containers, bulk cargoes, and roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) cargoes. The port also accommodates over 60 cruise ships each year. In 2016, the GBP 400 million investment deep-water container terminal, Liverpool2, was completed, which enables the port to handle some of the largest vessels in the world; meanwhile, a GBP 100 million custom-built biomass import terminal was completed at Gladstone Dock in the Port of Liverpool in 2016. The port also has large bulk warehousing facilities with multimodal connectivity.  
The Peel Ports Group has committed to becoming a net zero port operator by 2040 and achieving 67% reduction in fuel consumption by 2030. In October 2023, Lloyds List reported that Peel Ports group has reduced scope 1 and 2 emissions across its port operations by 32% against its 2020. A range of solution measures have been taken or planned at the Port of Liverpool, including the following:  
* **Operational measures**: Dockside electric cranes work on renewable power, and the applied software ensures container movements are optimised to save energy. A vehicle booking system is adopted on the landslide automated gate interface; it promotes reconfiguring the movement of goods into and across the UK to transport goods closer to their end destination with fewer emissions.
* **Replace diesel equipment**: In 2020 was first use of electric vehicles across all ports in the Peel Ports group; in 2021, Peel Ports started trialling the use of electric power for plant machinery. By 2022, 45% of Peel Ports' plant equipment fleet was moved to Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO), and 29% to electric. By powering freight carrying vehicles with greener fuels, Peel Ports has reduced landslide carbon emissions by 70%.
* **Hydrogen powered trucks**: From 2021, Peel Ports were exploring the use of hydrogen to power their larger trucks.
* **Green electricity**: By 2025, Peel Ports intends to implement a green electric use scheme, which has an emissions factor of half the grid average.  
* **Fuels and energy**: By 2035, Peel Ports intends to replace all gas usage and transition to electric or lower-carbon fuel sources.
* **Modal shift**: Peel Ports are increasing the number of rail connections and multimodal services across their ports to reduce road miles and emissions.
* **Infrastructure**: In 2020, lighting across the ports underwent transition to LED; in 2021, Peel Ports invested GBP 500,000 in electric charging infrastructure for new vehicles and conducted trials of greener fuels (such as hydrogen and electric alternatives) for plant equipment. For ships idle in docks, Peel Ports is planning to enable ships to plug into the ports' electric supply. In the last 10 years, Peel Ports group has invested over GBP 1 billion on sustainable infrastructure.
* **Support offshore and onshore wind**: Peel Ports supports the changing energy markets with both offshore and onshore wind sites available across its various locations.
* **Collaboration measures**: From 2021, Peel Ports requires their supply chain partners to sign sustainability codes that align with their carbon emission values; Peel Ports group has created an Innovation Forum involving universities, entrepreneurs, consultants, and start-ups to tackle the challenges of emission reduction.