The evaluation of energy consumption in ports and its comparison with the consumption of other ports in the region and the world, helps port companies to obtain an approximation of the potential for energy savings.

The trend in some markets indicates that demands to reduce the carbon footprint in production and export chains of products will increase. For this reason, we have developed an instrument to periodically measure energy consumption and emissions in a key link of the export chains such as maritime ports.

Within the framework of the National Government’s climate change policies, the Ministry of Transport provided port terminals with the Integrated Climate Change Management Plan for Ports, as a tool to provide basic information on the vulnerability of port infrastructure, which seeks, among other objectives, to improve the quality and timeliness of the data available for the entire national logistics sector, thus contributing to more efficient decision-making.

For national terminals to carry out a detailed vulnerability analysis collect baseline information on GHG emissions from their facilities and design both adaptation and mitigation measures appropriate to the geographical and operating conditions.