The Port of Tilbury has turned to Continental’s connected tyre system to keep its cranes, reach-stackers, forklifts and straddle carriers rolling. With more than 500 tyres in service every day, the Essex gateway needed a data-driven way to control costs, improve safety and support its carbon-reduction plan.
Three YardReader stations positioned around the terminal automatically harvest sensor data as each vehicle passes. The port’s engineers receive live dashboards on site and remotely, allowing them to:
Halfords Commercial Fleet Services handles inspections and call-outs, holding pre-agreed stock at the port so vessels and freight movements are not delayed.
Continental reports that StraddleMaster’s tread and casing design can lower rolling resistance by up to 30 % compared with the tyres previously fitted. Early fuel-use figures shared by the port back up those savings, supporting its goal of trimming Scope 1 emissions from non-road mobile machinery.
The tyres supplied to Tilbury come from Continental’s ISCC PLUS-certified Lousado plant in Portugal, which now runs on renewable electricity. This aligns with the port’s wider sustainability roadmap, including shore-power trials and electrified yard vehicles.
Ports worldwide are under pressure to shave minutes off turnaround times while meeting tougher environmental targets. Tilbury’s decision to combine low-rolling-resistance tyres with continuous sensor feedback shows how incremental gains, fuel, uptime, planned maintenance add up to measurable CO₂ and cost reductions. Similar connected-tyre roll-outs are expected across container terminals, airports and distribution hubs as heavy-equipment operators pursue real-time condition monitoring and predictive maintenance.
Tagged with: Port of Tilbury, Continental, smart tyres, ContiConnect, tyre sensors, predictive maintenance, low rolling resistance, port logistics, UK ports
Editorial Standards & Disclaimer
Tyre News Media is an independent industry publication. Our reporting is based on information available at the time of publication, including company announcements, regulatory filings, official data, research and other sources considered reliable.
Articles may include independent analysis and editorial interpretation. Where appropriate, company statements and third-party claims are attributed to their source. Analysis, estimates and forward-looking observations should not be read as statements of established fact.
Tyre News Media takes reasonable steps to ensure accuracy but welcomes corrections, clarifications and responses from organisations or individuals covered in our reporting. If you believe information is inaccurate or requires clarification, please contact info@tyrenews.co.uk. Material errors will be corrected as appropriate.
Commercial relationships, advertising and sponsorship do not determine Tyre News Media's editorial coverage or conclusions.
_0%20(1).png)
%20(1).jpg)
%20(1).png)
