Ports Briefs: Commission Approves Largest Sponsorship Award and POLB Issues Zero Emissions RFP

Commission OKs Largest Sponsorship Award to Date

LONG BEACH — The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners in November approved 138 community sponsorships totaling $500,675, the highest amount awarded in a single sponsorship call.

The Port of Long Beach has awarded $10.5 million to the community through its sponsorship program since 2007. Events and programs represent a wide cross-section of the city and causes such as the arts, environment, social justice and historic preservation.

The Harbor Commission approved a $1 million community sponsorship budget for the 2022 fiscal year that began Oct. 1, 2021. Requests for funding are open twice a year, in March and September.

Among the many events and programs sponsored in the latest call for applications are the Friends of Belmont Shore’s Summer Community Concert, the WomenShelter of Long Beach’s 5th Annual Youth Conference and the Orange Coast College Waterfront Campus’ Professional Mariner Training Center open house event series.

Recipients are required to spread awareness of the port’s programs and projects. Port staff members also attend some of the sponsored events to help provide information about the port.

Details: www.polb.us6.list-manage.com/track/port-sponsorships 

POLA Issues Zero-Emissions Truck Request for Proposals

SAN PEDRO — The Port of Los Angeles has issued a Request For Proposals or RFP seeking one or more teams of trucking companies and truck manufacturers to demonstrate zero-emissions short-haul drayage trucks. The port is offering up to $300,000 per truck toward the cost of ten zero-emissions trucks and related infrastructure, with $3 million total in grant funding available.

Proposals will be accepted through 3 p.m. on Jan. 4, 2022.

The RFP directly supports the advancement of zero-emissions trucks to achieve the San Pedro Bay ports’ climate goals set forth in the 2017 Clean Air Action Plan or CAAP Update. CAAP goals include transitioning the full drayage fleet serving the port complex to zero-emissions trucks by 2035.

Teams submitting proposals must consist of at least one licensed motor carrier or LMC and one heavy-duty truck original equipment manufacturer or OEM. The pilot project will test the capabilities of current model zero-emissions drayage trucks in port operations within a radius of approximately 25 miles or less.

More than one proposal may be awarded a grant. The project and incentives are subject to approval by the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners.

Details: www.kentico.portoflosangeles.org/getmedia/rfp