Tag: Port of Los Angeles

The Port of Rotterdam Authority announced the launch of the World Ports Climate Action Program. In this initiative, the port authorities of Hamburg, Barcelona, Antwerp, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Vancouver and Rotterdam will work together on a number of projects that address the issue of global warming.

Port of Los Angeles has seen an unprecedented 60% drop in NOx emissions compared to 2005, their lowest level to date, according to the Port’s 2017 Inventory of Air Emissions released last week. The inventory also shows the Port container volume reached an all-time high of 9.34 million TEUs through 2017.

In order to advance technology-based innovation in the port and maritime environment, the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Antwerp will host an international 'Hackathon.' The technology competition will take place October 11-13, 2018 in the two cities at the same time, and it will involve participants from around the world.

The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles approved measures to ensure new trucks entering drayage service comply with the cleanest engine standards. This is a measure to accelerate the reduction of harmful air emissions from trucks. The move will require new trucks that visit marine terminals to be 2014 model year or newer. The requirement will enter into force on October 1, 2018.

The city of Los Angeles has sued the owners and all other parties associated with the car carrier 'Istra Ace', which caused an extensive oil spill in the Port of LA back in 2016, covering more than 70 acres that took over two weeks to clean. The USCG investigation onboard revealed faulty piping that allowed oil to leak.

The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are offering seed money to foster the development of new goods-movement technologies that will improve air quality, as part of the ports’ Technology Advancement Program. The Ports’ TAP is focused on clean technologies specifically for maritime related mobile sources that operate in and around ports.

Shell has a long-term lease with the Port for the operation of the terminal until 2023, which can be extended by a new 30-year lease. The proposed project needs to comply with Marine Oil Terminal Engineering and Maintenance Standards, which are standards that apply to all marine oil terminals in California.

The Port of Los Angeles moved more cargo in 2017 than in any time in the Port’s 110-year history, racking up 9,343,192 TEUs, a 5.5% increase over 2016’s record-breaking year. This is the most cargo moved annually by a Western Hemisphere port.

The request for proposals by the ports, under their Technology Advancement Program, offers $1 million -$500,000 from each port- to fund demonstrations of one or more cost-effective technologies that can eliminate at-berth emissions from ships that don’t fall under the state’s shore power mandate.

French shipping giant CMA CGM completed the sale of a 90% equity interest in Global Gateway South terminal in Los Angeles, United States, to EQT Infrastructure III and its partner P5 Infrastructure, for an Enterprise Value of USD 875 million.