Longshore workers are using nine electric cranes to stack containers at one of the Port of Long Beach’s 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 $9.7 million California Energy Commission grant. The port, 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 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 gasses by more than 1,323 tons and smog-causing nitrogen oxides by 27 tons.
Details: www.polb.com/zeroemissions.