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Maersk reported the company had reached their target ‘largely from a combination of operational efficiency, network and voyage optimisation, slow steaming and technical innovation’ and that its Triple-E vessels ‘will be the largest and most energy efficient ships on the water.’ Maersk Line has reached its own 2020 target of reducing its fleet-wide CO2 [...] 
The reduction in emissions is due in part to stricter federal standards and in part to efforts by the state, the Times said. After a 2007 study revealed the level of emissions from the ports, the Environmental Protection Agency and the state of Washington offered grants to help tug companies re-power boats with cleaner [...] The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a $1.34 million grant for a Port of Long Beach project to deploy cleaner cargo-handling equipment at its container terminals. The funds will help two terminals, Piers A and J, to retrofit 11 rubber-tired gantry cranes with diesel particulate filters or exhaust treatment technologies. The grant also will [...] ILWU Local 29 works a Dole ship at the Port of San Diego. The Port’s main tenant at the terminal, Dole Fresh Fruit Company, recently signed a new long-term lease . Under the terms of the lease agreement, the Port and Dole agreed to work together on these infrastructure improvements. The Port is responsible [...] From KCBS San Francisco:
So far, about 4,000 trucks have been checked statewide at similar checkpoints. About 1,000 citations have been issued. The California Air Resources Board and the California Highway Patrol were both inspecting trucks at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday, as part of a month-long campaign to ensure compliance with California’s air [...] Jan. 24: Long Beach city leaders green-lighted a study of port-connected air pollution effects on nearby neighborhoods. The “Air Quality Impact Zone” plan, proposed by council members James Johnson, Suja Lowenthal and Robert Garcia, will evaluate existing studies on Port of Long Beach-connected air pollution in West Long Beach, Los Cerritos, Wrigley, Central Long Beach [...] The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in September tossed out the Port of Los Angeles’ mandate, which would have forced freight haulers to hire their drivers as employees. The neighboring Port of Long Beach enacted a version of the Clean Trucks Program that did not include the employee mandate. A New York senator [...] Cargill Inc., the world’s largest charterer of commodity carriers, said governments should consider banning older vessels to help curb pollution. “Setting certain legislation around vessels’ age could help and that’s something for authorities to look at,” Roger Janson, president of Cargill’s ocean transportation unit, said in an interview in London recently. Some “very old” ships [...] The Teamsters union and some environmental groups have been pushing for a federal solution to clean-trucks standards at the country’s ports for some time, and they finally got their way, although it wasn’t exactly the solution they were looking for. That’s because the Environmental Protection Agency last week announced an important extension of its [...] A federal judge threw a new twist into the battle over clean-trucks programs at Southern California ports, ruling the Port of Long Beach violated state law by reaching a settlement with the trucking industry without first performing an environmental impact study. U.S. District Court Judge Christina A. Snyder’s ruling Monday says the Oct. 19, 2009, [...] Port of Seattle environmental programs take top honors among nation’s ports Seattle's Port Commission President Bill Bryant has earned the support of labor and clean air advocates and said, "The Port of Seattle is committed to protecting our environment while generating thousands of family-wage jobs." The American Association of Port Authorities named two [...] When ships were required in 2008 to use cleaner fuel closer to the California Coast, the Santa Barbara Channel's ship traffic dropped dramatically. Now the area outside of the islands is included in the clean fuel zone. Noting that cargo ships are traveling longer distances to avoid having to switch as quickly to a [...] The Port of Los Angeles distributed $44 million in incentive checks as part of its Clean Truck Program by 2009 to pay for new trucks that meet 2007 emissions rules. Now, the port is asking for refunds after several megacarriers didn’t hold up their end of the deal. The port has identified six companies that [...]
The APL Singapore is the first ship to cold-iron at the Port of Oakland. 2009 photo. APL Singapore switched off its auxiliary diesel engines Friday morning after berthing at APL’s Global Gateway Central terminal. It was the official launch of an APL program to cold-iron five vessels this year on the [...] The China Shipping Terminal Expansion at the Port of Los Angeles includes dozens of environmental measures to reduce air emissions. Click on the image for details. China Shipping celebrated the completion of a major phase of its terminal expansion project at the Port of Los Angeles, adding a new 925-foot section of wharf, 18 [...] |
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