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CLEAN PORT PROGRAMS * USA
* California - Agency to Enforce Clean Air Goals
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Bill Mongelluzzo -Mar 8, 2010: -- Rules would toughen efforts, provide a backstop at Los Angeles, Long Beach ports. Southern California air quality regulators are proposing “backstop” rules to ensure the ports achieve the diesel emission goals established in their joint Clean Air Action Plan... The ports’ clean-truck programs that are part of the overall Clean Air Action Plan took effect in October 2008 and are already close to the goal of reducing diesel emissions from trucks by 80 percent. More than 6,000 trucks that meet federal Environmental Protection Agency standards for 2007-model heavy-duty vehicles are now in service... (Image from infrastructurist: Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach)
* Washington - Seattle Program Scraps 100th 'Dirty' Truck
Seattle,WASH,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Thomas L. Gallagher -Mar 8, 2010: -- Port of Seattle, partners help replace older models to reduce pollution. The Scrappage and Retrofits for Air in Puget Sound (ScRAPS) program, which the Port of Seattle and its partners launched four months ago, scrapped its 100th truck last week... The program started last November with the goal of taking pre-1994 drayage trucks off the road. Scrapping the 100th truck in just four months exceeds expectations. The success is partly due to incentives for truck owners. Through the program, truckers receive $5,000 or the blue book value of their truck, whichever is greater, in return for scrapping their old truck... ScRAPS grew out of the partnership between the Port of Seattle, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, a regional agency chartered by the state, and Cascade Sierra Solutions, a non-profit organization dedicated to saving fuel and reducing emissions from heavy-duty diesel engines. The three organizations are working toward the goals of the Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy, which aims to lower industrial port emissions... (Picture from wikimedia.org/wikipedia: Port of Seattle)
* New York / New Jersey - Port to Cut Emissions. Program to phase out older, dirtier trucks at port terminals
New York,NY.USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Joseph Bonney -Mar 9, 2010: -- The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plans this week to release details of a clean-air program expected to phase out older, dirtier trucks at port terminals... The plan will not ban owner-operator container haulers as part of the effort, however, in contrast to efforts at the Port of Los Angeles... In addition to encouraging the replacement of older trucks, the program will include other measures to reduce port-related emissions of carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and particulate matter... Under the financial incentive program, truck drivers are eligible for a 25 percent grant toward the total purchase price of a replacement truck and low-interest financing for up to 75 percent of the total purchase price of a replacement truck...(Picture from gordonterminal: Air view NY/NJ ports)
Labels: clean ports, Clean Trucks Program
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