By Karen Robes Meeks
For the next six months, Long Beach Container Terminal and SSA Marine at Pier J will be testing three Taylor battery-electric top handlers.
“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," LBCT President Anthony Otto said. “Seeing what it takes to add an electric top-handler to make our groundbreaking operations even greener is something we're very interested in, and we're happy to be part of this collaborative project.”
The equipment, which ILWU members will operate, is part of the port’s Commercialization of POLB Off-Road Technology Demonstration Project or (C-PORT), which will help Long Beach toward its 2030 goal of a zero-emissions cargo handling fleet.
“We expect these battery-electric top handlers to be able to make it through the daily two-shift cycle before needing a recharge,” said Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero. “We're eager to see the advancements in technology that come from this demonstration, and what it means for the commercialization of this equipment.”
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Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Friday, August 2, 2019
New Software for Long Beach Container Terminal
By Karen Robes Meeks
To improve workflow between terminals and trucking firms, marine terminal operator Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT) has developed “Application Programming Interfaces” or APIs, LBCT President Anthony Otto announced earlier this week.
The new program – vetted and validated on LBCT’s proprietary Trucker Portal website – enables integrated data between trucking companies and terminal operators to flow more efficiently, allowing for short truck turn times.
“Benefits of the new platform include automatic creation of appointments as soon as containers become available, automatic cancellation of appointments that cannot be kept allowing for that time slot to be made available to other truckers and automatic grouping of appointments to facilitate dual transactions,” according to LBCT.
Other elements to make new APIs available is in the works, allowing LBCT to push data out to the Truck Management System. This move would do away with a truck driver’s need to give information on container and seal numbers, delivery and reception times and other data.
“LBCT continues to be an industry leader in working with the drayage community to realize greater efficiencies that impact the entire port ecosystem,” said Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero.
To improve workflow between terminals and trucking firms, marine terminal operator Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT) has developed “Application Programming Interfaces” or APIs, LBCT President Anthony Otto announced earlier this week.
The new program – vetted and validated on LBCT’s proprietary Trucker Portal website – enables integrated data between trucking companies and terminal operators to flow more efficiently, allowing for short truck turn times.
“Benefits of the new platform include automatic creation of appointments as soon as containers become available, automatic cancellation of appointments that cannot be kept allowing for that time slot to be made available to other truckers and automatic grouping of appointments to facilitate dual transactions,” according to LBCT.
Other elements to make new APIs available is in the works, allowing LBCT to push data out to the Truck Management System. This move would do away with a truck driver’s need to give information on container and seal numbers, delivery and reception times and other data.
“LBCT continues to be an industry leader in working with the drayage community to realize greater efficiencies that impact the entire port ecosystem,” said Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero.
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
POLB Receives Clean Air Award
By Mark Edward Nero
The Port of Long Beach and tenant Long Beach Container Terminal have received a Clean Air Award from a Southern California environmental agency for working to reduce pollution in the region.
The award, which was presented Oct. 7 at the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s 28th annual Clean Air Awards luncheon in Riverside, Calif., was given by the SCAQMD for the port’s efforts to advance effective solutions to the problem of poor air quality in the region via the POLB’s Middle Harbor redevelopment project.
Middle Harbor, once complete, is expected to handle twice the amount of cargo as the previous terminal, while cutting air emissions by more than half. The first phase opened earlier this year.
“We’re building the green port of the future, and Middle Harbor is a big part of that,” Harbor Commission President Lori Ann Guzmán said. “The terminal is the world’s greenest and most sustainable. We are deeply honored to be recognized along with LBCT.”
The Clean Air Awards are given in several categories to recognize individuals, government entities, nonprofits and businesses. According to the SCAQMD, past honorees have led the development of innovative clean air technologies, implemented forward-thinking policies to improve the quality of life for residents and improve air quality.
“We are honored to receive this award – the Middle Harbor redevelopment project has truly been a collaborative effort between our parent company OOCL, the Port of Long Beach, the ILWU and our many customers,” Long Beach Container Terminal President Anthony Otto said. “We will continue to work with our partners in making Middle Harbor a model for the industry.”
The Port of Long Beach and tenant Long Beach Container Terminal have received a Clean Air Award from a Southern California environmental agency for working to reduce pollution in the region.
The award, which was presented Oct. 7 at the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s 28th annual Clean Air Awards luncheon in Riverside, Calif., was given by the SCAQMD for the port’s efforts to advance effective solutions to the problem of poor air quality in the region via the POLB’s Middle Harbor redevelopment project.
Middle Harbor, once complete, is expected to handle twice the amount of cargo as the previous terminal, while cutting air emissions by more than half. The first phase opened earlier this year.
“We’re building the green port of the future, and Middle Harbor is a big part of that,” Harbor Commission President Lori Ann Guzmán said. “The terminal is the world’s greenest and most sustainable. We are deeply honored to be recognized along with LBCT.”
The Clean Air Awards are given in several categories to recognize individuals, government entities, nonprofits and businesses. According to the SCAQMD, past honorees have led the development of innovative clean air technologies, implemented forward-thinking policies to improve the quality of life for residents and improve air quality.
“We are honored to receive this award – the Middle Harbor redevelopment project has truly been a collaborative effort between our parent company OOCL, the Port of Long Beach, the ILWU and our many customers,” Long Beach Container Terminal President Anthony Otto said. “We will continue to work with our partners in making Middle Harbor a model for the industry.”
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Port Awarded Zero-Emission Equipment Grant
By Mark Edward Nero
The Port of Long Beach said Oct. 23 that it has been awarded a $1.2 million grant by the US Environmental Protection Agency to help Long Beach Container Terminal replace diesel-fueled tractors with electric, zero-emission vehicles.
The federal Diesel Emission Reduction Act grant is expected to help LBCT buy eight cargo-handling electric-powered yard tractors for $5.4 million, replacing a matching number of diesel-powered yard tractors and reducing the associated air pollution.
The electric vehicles are critical components of the port’s $1.3 billion Middle Harbor project, which when opened early next year is expected to be among the greenest, most technologically advanced shipping terminals in the world as a virtually all-electric and zero emissions facility.
“These vehicles will cut pollution, providing immediate health benefits to surrounding communities,” Rick Cameron, the port’s Managing Director of Planning and Environmental Affairs said. “They’re an important part of building our Port of the Future and we thank the EPA for recognizing our efforts and awarding us this funding to facilitate the project for LBCT.”
The project’s expected to reduce emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxides by 40 tons and diesel particulate matter by two tons during the lifecycle of the equipment. Vehicles are scheduled for delivery by summer 2017.
The 10-year-old Diesel Emission Reduction Act provides grants to state, local and tribal governments for programs to reduce emissions from diesel engines. Since 2005, the Port of Long Beach has received about $10.5 million in grants from the EPA to reduce emissions in the Harbor area.
The Port of Long Beach said Oct. 23 that it has been awarded a $1.2 million grant by the US Environmental Protection Agency to help Long Beach Container Terminal replace diesel-fueled tractors with electric, zero-emission vehicles.
The federal Diesel Emission Reduction Act grant is expected to help LBCT buy eight cargo-handling electric-powered yard tractors for $5.4 million, replacing a matching number of diesel-powered yard tractors and reducing the associated air pollution.
The electric vehicles are critical components of the port’s $1.3 billion Middle Harbor project, which when opened early next year is expected to be among the greenest, most technologically advanced shipping terminals in the world as a virtually all-electric and zero emissions facility.
“These vehicles will cut pollution, providing immediate health benefits to surrounding communities,” Rick Cameron, the port’s Managing Director of Planning and Environmental Affairs said. “They’re an important part of building our Port of the Future and we thank the EPA for recognizing our efforts and awarding us this funding to facilitate the project for LBCT.”
The project’s expected to reduce emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxides by 40 tons and diesel particulate matter by two tons during the lifecycle of the equipment. Vehicles are scheduled for delivery by summer 2017.
The 10-year-old Diesel Emission Reduction Act provides grants to state, local and tribal governments for programs to reduce emissions from diesel engines. Since 2005, the Port of Long Beach has received about $10.5 million in grants from the EPA to reduce emissions in the Harbor area.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Port of LB Celebrates Terminal Contract, Modernization
The Port of Long Beach on May 14 held a ceremony to
commemorate construction of its in-progress $1.2 billion Middle Harbor
construction project and a new 40-year, $4.6 billion lease on the property with
Orient Overseas Container Line.
The event, which includes a ceremonial contract signing,
attracted numerous industry and civic leaders, including OOCL CEO Philip Chow, International
Longshore and Warehouse Union International President Robert McEllrath and Long
Beach Mayor Bob Foster.
“What we speak of today is a collective vision - a vision to
make the Port of Long Beach one of the world's most competitive ports,” Chow
said during the ceremonies. “And the new design will make the Middle Harbor
terminal the greenest in North America.”
Long Beach’s Middle Harbor project consists of combining
two older facilities - one of which is vacant, and the other occupied by OOCL
subsidiary Long Beach Container Terminal - into one facility that the port says
could more than double trade while at the same time reduce air pollution by
half.
Under the project, LBCT is expected to expand from its
current 90-acre facility to the new, 304-acre terminal.
“In our industry we are too often criticized for lacking
vision and not being forward thinking - the Middle Harbor project will turn all
of that around,” LBCT President Anthony Otto said in prepared remarks during
the ceremony. “This project is a testament to the concept of the whole being
greater than the sum of its parts.”
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
New POLB Executive Director Outlines His Vision
The Port of Long Beach needs to be bold in bringing in more trade, jobs, business and revenue, according to new executive director J. Christopher Lytle.
“To keep generating jobs and economic activity here in Long Beach, we have to stay ahead of our competition,” he said during his first-ever State of the Port address, given Jan. 19 at the Long Beach Convention Center. “We must continue to make major investments in our facilities.”
Lytle, who was named the successor to outgoing executive director Dick Steinke last November, said the port projects that it will move 6.3 million containers in 2012, up slightly from the 6.1 million that traveled through the port last year. He also covered many other issues during the wide-ranging address, including the expected emergence of new competition for cargo.
“With the coming of the Panama Canal in 2014, the battle for our business and our jobs will only grow,” he said. “Once bigger ships can sail through the Panama Canal, the Gulf and East Coast ports will try to grab a greater slice of the pie.”
The answer for Long Beach, he said, is to be ready with deep waterways, efficient cargo-handling terminals, high-capacity rail connections and state-of-the-art security, among other things.
And to that point, he touted the port’s Middle Harbor project, which, by the time it’s finished in 2019, is expected to double its previous capacity and move about 3.1 million containers, while reducing the amount of pollution the terminal generates by half.
The port has finalized negotiations on a 40-year, $4.6 billion lease on the terminal with Orient Overseas Container Line and its affiliate, Long Beach Container Terminal.
“It’s by far the biggest project in North America,” Lytle said.
Among the other highlights of the speech:
• As of Jan. 1, all 11,000 drayage trucks serving the Port of Long Beach are newer, cleaner models, thanks to the port’s Clean Trucks Program. The program has cut truck pollution by 90 percent, Lytle said.
• All the port’s major terminals are expected to have shore power capabilities by 2014.
• Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the port has increased its security staff by 40 percent and invested tens of millions of dollars on equipment and training. More than 130 surveillance cameras now operate throughout the port complex, Lytle said.
• About $5 million in grants earmarked for reducing greenhouse gasses are slated to be issued out to community groups and other stakeholders.
“To keep generating jobs and economic activity here in Long Beach, we have to stay ahead of our competition,” he said during his first-ever State of the Port address, given Jan. 19 at the Long Beach Convention Center. “We must continue to make major investments in our facilities.”
Lytle, who was named the successor to outgoing executive director Dick Steinke last November, said the port projects that it will move 6.3 million containers in 2012, up slightly from the 6.1 million that traveled through the port last year. He also covered many other issues during the wide-ranging address, including the expected emergence of new competition for cargo.
“With the coming of the Panama Canal in 2014, the battle for our business and our jobs will only grow,” he said. “Once bigger ships can sail through the Panama Canal, the Gulf and East Coast ports will try to grab a greater slice of the pie.”
The answer for Long Beach, he said, is to be ready with deep waterways, efficient cargo-handling terminals, high-capacity rail connections and state-of-the-art security, among other things.
And to that point, he touted the port’s Middle Harbor project, which, by the time it’s finished in 2019, is expected to double its previous capacity and move about 3.1 million containers, while reducing the amount of pollution the terminal generates by half.
The port has finalized negotiations on a 40-year, $4.6 billion lease on the terminal with Orient Overseas Container Line and its affiliate, Long Beach Container Terminal.
“It’s by far the biggest project in North America,” Lytle said.
Among the other highlights of the speech:
• As of Jan. 1, all 11,000 drayage trucks serving the Port of Long Beach are newer, cleaner models, thanks to the port’s Clean Trucks Program. The program has cut truck pollution by 90 percent, Lytle said.
• All the port’s major terminals are expected to have shore power capabilities by 2014.
• Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the port has increased its security staff by 40 percent and invested tens of millions of dollars on equipment and training. More than 130 surveillance cameras now operate throughout the port complex, Lytle said.
• About $5 million in grants earmarked for reducing greenhouse gasses are slated to be issued out to community groups and other stakeholders.
