The Port of Los Angeles has failed to meet pollution-reduction requirements at TraPac shipping terminal, city officials said following a recent audit which revealed that the terminal near Wilmington did not comply with measures to improve air quality that were adopted years ago including mandates that massive cargo ships shut down their engines and plug into shore-based electricity while docked to reduce harmful diesel emissions.
Los Angeles Times reports that according to documents released last week under the California Public Records Act, ships plugged in to shore power at the TraPac terminal just 53% of the time in 2015, far below the requirement of 80%.
The port also failed to ensure that all yard equipment at the terminal ran on the cleanest possible Tier 4 diesel engines by 2014 as required by the city, the port’s review found. By that year, only 105 of 135 pieces of equipment met those emissions standards, according to the port.
