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Oct 6, 2014

GREEN NEWS * USA: Port of Long Beach

* California - Diesel pollution down 82 percent at the Port of Long Beach 

Long Beach,CAL,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Charlie Morasch -3 Oct 2014: -- One of the busiest shipping ports in the world has seen a dramatic drop in diesel emissions since 2005... The Port of Long Beach, which combined with the neighboring Port of Los Angeles handles 40 percent of United States’ imported freight, announced a reduction in diesel emissions of 82 percent since 2005...  In a news release issued by the port, port leaders said diesel emissions from ships, trucks, trains and other machines dropped sharply between 2006 and 2013. Emissions of nitrogen oxides dropped by 54 percent, and sulfur oxide emissions were reduced by 90 percent compared with 2005 levels... According to the port’s emissions inventory, nearly 10 percent of port calls were made by heavy-duty trucks powered by alternative fuels. In 2013, more than 35 percent of trucks making port calls were 2009 model year engine trucks – the highest percentage of any model year. 2008 and 2007 were the second- and third-highest percentage of model year trucks used... Emissions dropped even as containerized cargo shipping increased by .3 percent since 2005, the news release said...

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