Plug-in port: Brazilian Port of Santos electrifies DP World terminal
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- DP World is deploying 15 battery-electric terminal trucks and three electric reach stackers at its Santos terminal in Brazil, marking another step toward clean freight handling at one of Latin America's busiest container ports.
- The electric rollout is part of a BRL 1.6 billion expansion at Santos that will enable handling more than 2 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) annually by 2028.
- The first phase covers a total of 44 electric terminal tractors, three electric reach stackers, four new electric quay cranes, and fifteen 40-ton rubber-tired gantry cranes (RTGs) scheduled for delivery before the end of 2027.
- Fabio Siccherino, CEO of DP World Brazil, said the new EVs 'strengthen our operations today while supporting increasing trade volumes and the long-term growth of Brazil's trade.'
- DP World has an established relationship with Terberg, which delivered 20 Terberg YT203-EV yard hostlers at the company's Callao terminal in Peru — a model packing a 236 kWh battery and averaging nearly 12 hours of operation on a single charge.
- At Callao, diesel consumption fell 29.2% between January and April 2026 versus the 2024 average, with the deployment expected to cut carbon emissions by more than 500 tons.
Why it matters: DP World is sinking BRL 1.6 billion into a Santos expansion that targets 2 million+ TEUs annually by 2028, backed by 44 electric tractors, 4 quay cranes, and 15 RTGs arriving before end of 2027 — a scale that reframes this from a sustainability gesture into a hard infrastructure bet on electrified Latin American trade gateways.
