In line with one of its core values “to promote sustainable development”, Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), is going paperless, effective Sept 1, which will save more than 100,000 sheets of paper per year.
Customers will no longer have to wait for invoices in their mail as they can access invoices by logging in to PTP’s online portal with the given identification and password.
“The portal will be available 24/7 via secure access thus giving customers the freedom to view and download their invoices at their convenience,” said a PTP spokesperson.
Paperless billing reduces paper consumption and the amount of carbon dioxide emitted during the traditional billing transportation process.
The introduction of paperless billing is also timely, given the sharp increase in the number of invoices issued, resulting from the volume increase this year.
For the first six months of the year, the port handled 3.7 million twenty foot equivalent units (TEUs), up 16 per cent, from the same period last year.
“We expect to handle about 7.5 million TEUs of containers this year, a 16 per cent increase, from last year.
“Currently, we are generating somewhere around 4,000 invoices or about 9,000 sheets of paper every month.
“Our paperless billing will save more than 100,000 sheets of paper per year,” said the spokesperson.
PTP has also in the past taken other initiatives to promote a green business environment.
Among them, include, efforts to minimise carbon dioxide and any other noxious gas emissions by replacing old machineries and equipment with newer models which were more efficient in terms of fuel consumption.
The spokesperson said lights in the port area have been installed with sensors that turn off automatically when not in use.
“With all these efforts, we have successfully reduced our carbon emission from 17.65kg CO2/TEU in 2009 to 16.63kg CO2/TEU in 2010.
“For this year, we are committed to reduce the CO2 emission per TEUs by a further five per cent compared with 2010.
“This will bring our total reduction of CO2 to 6,652 tonnes, which is, equivalent to planting 33,260 trees in 2011” the spokesperson added.
