Environmental Successes

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Environmental Successes

In 1998 Tilbury container services gained certification to BS EN ISO 140001-1996 Environmental Management System, the first container terminal in the United Kingdom to achieve this status.

It provides TCS with a structure to manage and improve its environmental footprint by means of regular internal and external audits, the setting of challenging objectives and targets to continually improve its environmental performance.

Recent Environmental initiatives

  • Certification to the latest updated and revised version of the standard BS EN ISO 140001-2004.
  • The appointment of 3 managers to act as environmental champions for TCS.
  • The fitting of uprated hoses to all Straddle Carriers to reduce the loss of hydraulic fluid to the environment.
  • The use of a mobile spillage tank to minimise the effects of any leakage from a container.
  • Water management system installed to reduce fresh water consumption.
  • Main Waste Management Contractor carries out waste segregation which results in some 40% of all waste being recycled.
  • Installation of an automated oil feed system to replenish straddle carrier engine oil.

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