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Port of Long Beach gets US$2.4m government pollution reduction grant
来源：shippingazette.com 编辑：编辑部 发布：2017/11/23 08:41:00
THE US Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the Port of Long Beach (POLB) with a US$2.4 million grant to help three of its tenants replace equipment with zero-emission or cleanest-available equipment.
The Diesel Emission Reduction Act funds go to aid for port tenants Stevedoring Services of America (SSA), Foss Maritime and Curtin Maritime, the port said. It will enable SSA to retrofit three rubber-tired gantry cranes to all-electric operations, entirely reducing related emissions and diesel fuel consumption.
The grant will also assist in the retrofitting of four tugboats operated by Foss and Curtin with the newest and cleanest engines available, reports American Shipper.
The projects are expected to reduce carbon dioxide by 15,606 tonnes over the next two decades according to the port, plus cut nitrogen oxide by 1,649 tonnes, carbon monoxide by 267 tonnes, diesel particulate matter by 61 tonnes and hydrocarbons by 40 tonnes.
The equipment is scheduled to be in place by the end of 2019.
POLB Harbour Commission president Lou Anne Bynum said in a statement: "We thank the EPA for providing funds to facilitate these projects and improve the health of our community. Every step we take to cut air pollution is one toward our ultimate goal of being the world's first zero-emission seaport."
The Diesel Emission Reduction Act funds go to aid for port tenants Stevedoring Services of America (SSA), Foss Maritime and Curtin Maritime, the port said. It will enable SSA to retrofit three rubber-tired gantry cranes to all-electric operations, entirely reducing related emissions and diesel fuel consumption.
The grant will also assist in the retrofitting of four tugboats operated by Foss and Curtin with the newest and cleanest engines available, reports American Shipper.
The projects are expected to reduce carbon dioxide by 15,606 tonnes over the next two decades according to the port, plus cut nitrogen oxide by 1,649 tonnes, carbon monoxide by 267 tonnes, diesel particulate matter by 61 tonnes and hydrocarbons by 40 tonnes.
The equipment is scheduled to be in place by the end of 2019.
POLB Harbour Commission president Lou Anne Bynum said in a statement: "We thank the EPA for providing funds to facilitate these projects and improve the health of our community. Every step we take to cut air pollution is one toward our ultimate goal of being the world's first zero-emission seaport."