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Port of Long Beach The long-planned $1 billion Middle Harbor Project redevelopment project will create a facility capable of handling twice as much cargo (up to 3.3 million TEUs a year) while cutting air pollution in half from current levels. This will be possible because ships will use shore power, and the facility will feature [...] The Port of Tacoma was added to Inbound Logistics Magazine’s “Green 50 Supply Chain Partners,” an annual list of supply chain partners committed to sustainability. Tacoma is one of five American ports and the only one in the Pacific Northwest to be honored. Other “Green 50” ports include the Port of Long Beach and the Port [...] The Carnival cruise ship Elation. Photo by the Port of San Diego. The project will mean cruise ships won’t need to run their diesel engines to power the ships while docked at the port, reducing the amount of air pollution generated along the shore. The $7-million project should be completed by December but will allow only [...] More than likely, it is possible to build a system for moving containers from point A to B that doesn’t pollute the air. The question is can it operate efficiently in a port environment where points A and B are busy docks and rail yards? If the answer is yes, the next question is whether [...] The Port of Portland achieved Climate Registered status, a designation given to organization who join The Climate Registry and measure, publicly report and third-party verify their greenhouse gas inventory — also known as a carbon footprint. “We’ve set ambitious goals for minimizing the port’s impact on air quality,” said David Breen, the environmental air quality program [...] Congestion, lack of infrastructure funding and stringent emissions rules are threatening Southern California’s leadership position in world trade and logistics, according to panelists at last week’s Southern California Transportation & Logistics Summit. While currently 43 percent of all trade to the nation goes through Southern California ports, these volumes are at risk of being diverted [...] Trucks near the Port of Los Angeles. Click on the image to read the full LA Business Journal article. Nearly 12 months into a program that paid dozens of trucking companies $44 million to upgrade vehicles serving the Port of Los Angeles, the vast majority of subsidized trucks have not made the minimum number of [...] The ranking republican on a House transportation committee looking into the effect of the Southern California ports’ trucking programs on Wednesday, blasted the Port of Los Angeles’ attempts to bar independent owner-operators from servicing the port. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit member Rep. John Duncan, Jr. of Tennessee said during [...] Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Best Buy Co. oppose efforts by U.S. ports to set labor rules, putting the companies at odds with lawmakers backing a so-called clean-truck program in Los Angeles and Long Beach. Trade groups representing U.S. importers including Wal-Mart and Best Buy support the American Trucking Associations, which says the truck dispute is about [...] A trucking association challenging the Clean Trucks Program at the Port of Los Angeles argued Tuesday that a provision banning independent drivers will “dramatically change how work is done at the port.” The port, however, defended its disputed program in federal court, insisting it’s necessary to ensure that the docks are no longer the place “where [...] San Diego's Board of Port Commissioners is expected to see a draft plan for a Clean Trucks Program at its June meeting. The Port of San Diego is working on its own Clean Truck Program to cut emissions and add enforcement teeth to the two-cargo terminal port. The proposal looks to be less restrictive than [...] As the Environmental Protection Agency prepares to evaluate the “The Clean Trucks Program” at the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach, the Teamsters are mounting an offensive to change the game. The latest effort comes today as the union and its political affiliates present a report to to the Los Angeles Board of [...] The Port of Los Angeles efforts to amend federal interstate trucking laws may be gaining traction – at least among Democratic members of Congress. So far 52 Congress members have signed the “Clean Trucks Legislation” to the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure that calls for amending the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act, which governs [...] The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach strengthened their Clean Air Action Plan Wednesday, setting new goals for curbing pollution over the next decade. … The updated version includes long-term goals, including an 85 percent reduction in cancer risk from port-related diesel pollution by 2020, and a series of emissions reductions by 2014 and [...] Illustration of how MOL's new ISHIN-III technology reduces emissions MOL said Thursday it completed the concept for the third ship in its series of next-generation vessels, which it said will be technically feasible in the near future. The latest concept is for an environment-friendly, large-scale iron ore carrier called the ISHIN-III that will [...] |
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