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Port of Long Beach to "Meet or Surpass" Emissions Targets
The Port of Long Beach, U.S., on Monday presented to its Board of Commissioners the 2013 Port of Long Beach Air Emissions Inventory (emissions report) which showed the port is on track to meet its pollution reduction targets, local media outlet Long Beach Press Telegram reports.
The port says it has incentivised the use of cleaner ships at Long Beach and has also expanded its shore power infrastructure to reduce at-berth emissions, in-line with a new statewide regulation that came into effect at the start of 2014.
The emissions report shows that diesel particulate matter (PM) in the air at Long Beach during 2013 dropped by 82 percent, while nitrogen oxides (NOx) had fallen 54 percent, and sulfur oxides were reduced by 90 percent in reference to the 2005 baseline used, Press Telegram said.
The Port of Long Beach tracks its progress towards reducing emissions derived from shipping as well as other transport and activities as was agreed under the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan, which set emissions targets to be met by 2023.
Earlier this month the Port of Long Beach (PoLB) told Ship & Bunker that formal testing of an at-berth emissions reduction system intended to be an alternative to shore power is likely to begin this fall.
