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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines pays $253K to CARB for violating at-berth regulations

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The rule requires container, passenger and refrigerated cargo ships to reduce emissions while docked at California’s busiest ports, including Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Hueneme, San Francisco and San Diego. Power reduction requirements have been phased in over time and increased from 70% to 80% in 2020.

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Anaergia to supply RNG to FuelCell Energy to create renewable hydrogen supporting Toyota’s port facility

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s (TMNA) Logistics Services Center at the Port of Long Beach in California. megawatts (MW) of electricity—enough to power Toyota Logistics Services Center—and will add renewable electricity to the grid, as well as produce roughly 1,400 gallons of water a day that will be used for car-washing operations. Anaergia Inc.

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Converted Plug-In Hybrid Electric Terminal Tractor to be Tested at Port of Long Beach

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A plug-in parallel hybrid electric terminal tractor used to move shipping containers and cargo within the port will be tested at a Port of Long Beach shipping terminal. The equipment will be tested at SSA Container Terminal on Pier A at the Port of Long Beach for 3 months. Andra Rogers. Mobile, Ala., Mobile, Ala.,

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California Air Resources Board settles with COSCO Container Lines for $965,000; >2,600 air quality violations from 2014-2017

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The violations were discovered during routine audits of the Shanghai-based company’s 2014-2017 fleet visits to the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach and the Port of Oakland. The California Air Resources Board announced that COSCO Container Lines Co., has paid $965,000 in penalties for violating the Ocean-Going At-Berth Regulation.

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EPRI, CALSTART awarded $13M to develop high-power freight-charging corridor network in California; RHETTA

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The multi-phase project, Research Hub for Electric Technologies in Truck Applications (RHETTA) ( GFO-20-306 ), will commence with a community-first engagement framework to ensure that pollution-impacted communities, low-income communities, and tribal communities are involved in creating and guiding the initiative. Momentum; ORBCOMM, Inc.;

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California Energy Commission awards more than $36M to clean transportation projects

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The California Energy Commission awarded more than $24 million in grants today for clean energy freight transportation projects in Los Angeles and Long Beach and more than $12 million for other clean transportation projects. Several other ARFVTP-funded projects were also approved. Recipients included Motiv Power Systems, Inc.,

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And now…the Plug In Tanker

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It’s been a long time coming, but we have finally achieved the first “cold ironing&# of a tanker in the Port of Long Beach. Normally, these engines crank out massive amounts of pollution, equal to “a day’s worth of driving by 187,000 cars,&# according to estimates by the Port of Long Beach.

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