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FLEET OF ELECTRIC CRANES OPERATING AT PORT OF LONG BEACH TERMINAL
October 20, 2022

Port of Long Beach announced that longshore workers have started using nine electric cranes to stack containers at one of its busiest terminals in a large-scale demonstration project as the Port and its partners pursue a goal of a zero-emissions cargo handling fleet by 2030.

The demonstration at SSA Marine Pier J is part of the Zero-Emissions Terminal Equipment Transition Project, which is funded in large part by a US$9.7 million California Energy Commission grant.

 

Port of Long Beach noted that the CEC and Southern California Edison are partnering on the project to put into daily service 25 human-operated vehicles that are zero- or near-zero emissions at three of the Port's marine terminals and trucking company Total Transportation Services Inc. to test their performance in a real-world setting.

 

As part of the project, SSA retrofitted nine of its existing diesel-powered rubber-tired gantry cranes to run on electricity, recently completing the last one. Watch a video about the cranes here.

"In the decades since we created the Green Port Policy, our ambitions have grown from cleaning the air for our community to showing the world it's possible to do that everywhere," said Mario Cordero, Port of Long Beach executive director.

 

"These demonstrations are designed to commercialize heavy-duty zero emissions equipment and vehicles to combat pollution but also to fight climate change, the effects of which we are seeing in the news almost every day."

"We thank SSA Marine, the ILWU and our many partners for their collaboration in helping us remain the greenest port in the United States," said Long Beach Harbor Commission President Sharon L. Weissman. "The future is zero emissions, and we are going to continue to do everything we can to lead the industry."

"SSA is thankful for the opportunity to partner with the Port of Long Beach and the California Energy Commission to complete this project," said Scott Hainlen, Superintendent at SSA Terminals.

 

"We look forward to continuing our efforts in reducing emissions from all our operations in Long Beach," Hainlen added.

In 2017, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles approved an update to their Clean Air Action Plan, setting a goal of transitioning all terminal equipment to zero emissions by 2030 and drayage trucks by 2035. Learn more at the website.

The Zero-Emissions Terminal Transition project is anticipated to annually reduce greenhouse gases by more than 1,323 tons and smog-causing nitrogen oxides by 27 tons.