As part of the port’s focus on environmentally friendly solutions, two shipping terminals at the Port of Long Beach are putting new zero-emissions equipment. The terminals, Long Beach Container Terminal and SSA Marine at Pier J, will demonstrate for the first time three Taylor battery-electric top handlers for about six months.
International Longshore and Warehouse Union members are operating the vehicles. Two of them will operate at SSA and one at Long Beach Container Terminal.
The equipment is part of the Port of Long Beach’s Commercialization of POLB Off-Road Technology Demonstration Project (C-PORT).
C-PORT seeks to test the viability of the zero-emissions vehicles that will be used on the docks to meet the Port’s 2030 goal of a zero-emissions cargo handling fleet.
The demonstration project is operating as part of California Climate Investments, aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improving public health and the environment.
At Long Beach Container Terminal, electric vehicles move containers from the ship to the sorting yard, where electric stacking cranes ready them for pick up.
We expect these battery-electric top handlers to be able to make it through the daily two-shift cycle before needing a recharge. We’re eager to see the advancements in technology that come from this demonstration and what it means for the commercialization of this equipment,
…said Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero.
