Vancouver Seattle Tacoma Oakland Los Angeles Long Beach Houston
New York/ New Jersey Sarah Flagg Seaport Air Quality Program
Manager Port of Seattle Sarah Flagg Seaport Air Quality Program
Manager Port of Seattle Air Quality Programs at North American
Seaports
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Seaports A Primer Public entities Governance structure
different at every port Elected or appointed Boards/Commissions
Landlord vs. Operator Diverse operations Cargo (container &
breakbulk) Cruise Recreational and commercial moorage Commercial
real estate Airports Different stakeholder needs Public entities
Governance structure different at every port Elected or appointed
Boards/Commissions Landlord vs. Operator Diverse operations Cargo
(container & breakbulk) Cruise Recreational and commercial
moorage Commercial real estate Airports Different stakeholder
needs
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Why is Reducing Emissions Important to Ports? Regulatory
compliance Impacts on public health Combustion of diesel fuel emits
pollutants such as particulate matter (PM) and oxides of nitrogen
(NOx) PM and NOx are linked to increases in respiratory and
cardiovascular disease Proximity of diesel emissions to population
centers Impacts on environment Climate impacts from contribution to
greenhouse gas emissions Regulatory compliance Impacts on public
health Combustion of diesel fuel emits pollutants such as
particulate matter (PM) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) PM and NOx are
linked to increases in respiratory and cardiovascular disease
Proximity of diesel emissions to population centers Impacts on
environment Climate impacts from contribution to greenhouse gas
emissions
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Common Challenges Proximity to large population centers It isnt
just about emissions Safety, employment, parking, routing, rates,
terminal hours, turn times Dynamic industry Declining container
volumes Funding shortfalls Legal issues Proximity to large
population centers It isnt just about emissions Safety, employment,
parking, routing, rates, terminal hours, turn times Dynamic
industry Declining container volumes Funding shortfalls Legal
issues
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Approaches Programs differ port by port Attainment status and
air quality issues Community concerns Operational needs Local
and/or state regulations Voluntary versus mandatory Balance
economics and the environment Advance technologies and operational
efficiencies Programs differ port by port Attainment status and air
quality issues Community concerns Operational needs Local and/or
state regulations Voluntary versus mandatory Balance economics and
the environment Advance technologies and operational
efficiencies
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Port Metro Vancouver Differentiated Harbour Dues Program
Container Truck Licensing System Canada Place Cruise Ship Shore
Power Princess Cruises and Holland America Line Replacement of
switcher locomotives with multi-gensets Participating in the
Integrated Waste Hydrogen Utilization Project
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Port of Seattle Clean Truck Program Scrappage and Retrofits for
Air in Puget Sound ABC Fuels Cruise ship shore power Cargo-handling
equipment retrofits Biofuels and anti-idling
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Port of Tacoma Truck Emissions Improvement Program Establishes
Best Practices TOTE shore power project Cargo-handling equipment
retrofits Switcher engine repowers and anti-idling Cleaner
fuels
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Maritime Air Quality Improvement Plan Comprehensive Truck
Management Program CARB drayage truck rule Grants for truck
retrofit/replacements Shore Power Program 2014 CARB requirements
Port of Oakland
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San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan 5-year joint program
Minimize health risk Reduce emissions from port operations Prepared
in cooperation with EPA, CARB and AQMD and with extensive community
outreach
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Sets standards and goals for: San Pedro Bay (two-port complex)
Individual terminal projects Individual source categories (trucks,
vessels, rail, harbor craft, cargo handling equipment) Primary
Implementation Strategies Leases/Mitigation Tariffs Incentives San
Pedro Bay Ports
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Clean Trucks Program Shore power for vessels Vessel Speed
Reduction Low-sulfur ship fuels Cleaner cargo-handling equipment
Technology Advancement Program
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Port of Houston Authority Clean Air Strategy Plan Produce real
and sustainable emission reductions $9 million truck retrofit and
replacement program Cargo-handling equipment replacements
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Port of New York/New Jersey Clean Air Strategy Overall decrease
in emissions despite any Port growth Annual 3% net decrease in
criteria air pollutants Annual 5% net decrease in greenhouse
gases
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Port Authority of New York/ New Jersey $28 million Truck
Replacement Program Retrofit 2 locomotives with GenSets Ocean-going
Vessel Low Sulfur Fuel Incentive 50% of cost differential and
vessel speed reduction Cargo Handling Equipment Fleet Modernization
Reimburse tenants 20% of the replacement cost
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World Ports Climate Initiative Outgrowth of the Clinton Climate
Initiative C40 Cities C40 World Ports Climate Conference Rotterdam,
July 2008 55 ports signed the World Ports Climate Declaration
Administered by the International Association of Ports and Harbors
(IAPH)
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World Ports Climate Initiative 2008 WPCI Symposium focus areas
IAPH Toolbox expansion (Los Angeles) Intermodal transport
(Amsterdam) Cargo-handling equipment (New York/New Jersey) On-shore
power supply (Gothenburg) Environmental ship index (Rotterdam)
Lease agreement template (Montreal) Carbon footprinting (Los
Angeles)
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Lessons Learned No one-size-fits-all approach Current economic
conditions have reduced private investment and public funding As
air quality standards continue to be strengthened, innovation and
new technologies are key Need for increased coordination and
information sharing No one-size-fits-all approach Current economic
conditions have reduced private investment and public funding As
air quality standards continue to be strengthened, innovation and
new technologies are key Need for increased coordination and
information sharing