Long Beach Container Terminal Receives $34.9 Million Federal Grant to Convert Fleet to Electric and Install Charging System
April 26 2024 - 8:45AM
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World’s Most Advanced, Environmentally Friendly
Cargo Handling Facility Moves Closer to Net Zero Operations:
Additional Funding Sought for Greenest Port Terminal in U.S.
Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT) has received a $34.9
million Federal Highway Administration grant to replace more than
150 vehicles at its state-of-the-art cargo handling facility with
zero-emission electric trucks and buses as well as to build the
supporting charging infrastructure on site.
The grant, secured with the help of Long Beach Congressman
Robert Garcia, continues LBCT’s multi-billion-dollar investment in
advanced zero-emission technologies, innovative cargo-handling
efficiencies, and carbon-slashing strategies that makes it one of
the nation’s busiest – and greenest – terminal facilities.
“Our vehicle electrification project, coupled with previous
investments, enables LBCT to achieve a unique status that is
reframing the way the world views sustainable goods movement,
enhancing community quality of life, and climate change,” said
Anthony Otto, LBCT Chief Executive Officer. “LBCT is
grateful for the support and leadership of Congressman Garcia in
securing this grant. We continue our path to Net Zero in a truly
collaborative approach with our workers, the community, our elected
officials and our shipping customers and partners.”
"The Long Beach Container Terminal is currently one of the
cleanest port terminals in the country and a shining example of the
public-private partnerships needed to reduce emissions at our
nation's ports. This investment is a huge win for clean air,
electrification, and the region. These federal dollars will make
our port cleaner, safer, and help us meet our climate goals,” said
Congressman Garcia. “We will continue fighting in Washington
to improve public health, fight for environmental justice and
against climate change, and support green jobs in our community by
greening our critical supply chains. Thank you to President Biden
and the team at the U.S. Department of Transportation for their
partnership."
The grant was provided through the Reduction of Truck
Emissions at Port Facilities program under President Biden’s
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Matched with LBCT’s own funding, the
monies will be directed at the $44 million LBCT Electrification
Advancement Project (LEAP). The project will reduce emissions
by replacing 155 on-terminal trucks and buses with zero-emission
technologies. Other benefits will include:
- Address environmental justice by engaging and providing relief
to residents, port workers and businesses in a region severely
impacted by air-quality issues.
- Promote good-paying, union jobs during construction through a
partnership with the International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers and during operations through the International Longshore
and Warehouse Union, which will maintain the charging equipment and
operate all rolling-stock electric equipment.
LBCT’s more than $2.5 billion, 15-year effort to convert its
cranes and cargo-handling vehicles to zero-emission electric has
already resulted in an 86 percent reduction in greenhouse gas and
criteria pollutant emissions to date, while quadrupling LBCT’s
cargo-handling capacity. The company also has deployed
emission-offset strategies that further reduce impacts on the
disadvantaged communities surrounding the San Pedro Bay complex and
in other parts of California. These achievements stand out in the
goods movement sector, where reducing carbon impacts is stubbornly
difficult due to the types of equipment used and round-the-clock
operations.
In addition to LEAP, LBCT’s Net Zero infrastructure transition
plan includes other key elements such as additional
electric-charging stations, clean-power generation and storage,
converting to EV another set of trucks that move containers to
trains, and onsite renewables.
Additionally, LBCT continues to collaborate with operators of
ships, trucks, and trains to incentivize clean cargo goods movement
across the entire sector to help meet clean air goals for Southern
California, as well as comply with new and emerging regulations
regarding emission reporting for companies.
LBCT’s Net Zero plan and progress report can be found here.
About Long Beach Container Terminal. Founded in 1986,
Long Beach Container Terminal does marine terminal operations and
is the home of the advanced Middle Harbor Terminal facility. LBCT
has three berths within Pier, E at the Port of Long Beach featuring
4200 feet of wharf line and the deepest dredged dockside of any
U.S. Pacific Coast port. LBCT runs 18 ship-to-shore cranes, six
intermodal rail cranes, 69 yard gantry cranes – all electrified –
and 102 autonomous battery powered transport vehicles. More at:
www.lbct.com.
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