Tag: California

The UK Club informed that CARB issued a Notice on 30 March 2023 announcing a further extension of the 30-day reporting deadline for California' s Mandatory At-Berth Regulation to 1 May 2023.

Clean Air Engineering–Maritime (CAE-M), announced that it has received approval from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for its latest vessel stack exhaust capture and treatment system, the ShoreKat.

On March 15th, California and Japan announced a new collaborative effort to clean up a critical link in the global supply chain by collaborating on strategies to reduce global warming pollution at seaports and establish green shipping corridors.

Shipping companies will pay nearly $97 million to settle a lawsuit with a pipeline operator over a 2021 oil spill off the coast of Southern California, the pipeline company said Wednesday 1 Mar.

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company confirmed that it has accepted a proposal to jointly fund a settlement with claimants relating to the 2021 Orange County pipeline oil spill.

Angel Island Ferry has partnered with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Green Yachts to launch California’s first short-route electric ferry from the beginning of 2024.

Whilst container, reefer, and passenger vessels are so far the only vessel types required to control their emissions while berthed in California, from 1 April 2023, all vessels must submit a report to the authorities within 30 days after visiting one of the state’s ports, the Gard P&I Club highlights.

New compliance requirements for the At Berth Regulation in California went into effect on January 1, 2023.

At the beginning of the month, California’s chief climate and air pollution regulator released a report on the status of the state’s world-first regulation to end in-port pollution from fossil fuel vessels.

The California State Transportation Agency issued a call for projects for the unprecedented $1.2 billion in one-time state funding for port and freight infrastructure projects to build a more efficient, sustainable and resilient goods movement system.