Fleet of Electric Cranes Operating at Port of Long Beach Terminal

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.