Ports News: Policy Update on Ports Networks, Systems and Toyota Port Powered with Hydrogen

McOsker Policy Update

LOS ANGELES —  In February, President Biden signed an Executive Order to bolster the Department of Homeland Security’s authority to directly address maritime cyber threats to ensure that American ports’ networks and systems are secure. 

On April 30 the Los Angeles City Council approved councilmember McOsker’s motion calling for the Port of LA to report to the Trade, Travel, and Tourism Committee and Public Safety Committee on how they will ensure that terminal operators/tenants comply with the Executive Order; how they will coordinate with the U.S. Coast Guard to ensure security; and how the port, and the city, can actively promote the goal of development of U.S. manufacturing of cranes.

Renewable Energy Project Powers Port with Hydrogen

LONG BEACH — State, city and Port of Long Beach officials May 2 joined Toyota Motor North America and FuelCell Energy to celebrate the grand opening of the “Tri-gen” system to generate renewable hydrogen, electricity and water to support operations at Toyota’s largest port facility in North America.

The Tri-gen system uses biogas to produce renewable electricity, renewable hydrogen, and usable water, and was built to support the vehicle processing and distribution center for Toyota Logistics Services at Long Beach, which receives approximately 200,000 new Toyota and Lexus vehicles annually.

FuelCell Energy’s Tri-gen system opened last fall, producing green hydrogen, renewable electricity and usable water converted from biogas at California landfills.

The system is capable of generating up to 1,200 kg/day of hydrogen for fuel cell electric vehicles – the Toyota Mirai – imported to the terminal, and to supply an adjacent hydrogen refueling station to support Toyota Logistics Services and heavy-duty drayage trucks operating in the port complex.

The water byproduct of hydrogen generation can produce up to 1,400 gallons of usable water, which is being repurposed for Toyota’s car wash operations for vehicles that come into port before customer delivery, helping to reduce the demand on local water supplies by approximately half a million gallons per year.

The combustion-free process is a first of its kind nationally, reducing more than 9,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions and avoiding six tons of nitrogen oxide emissions.