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Japanese Port Tipped for Shore Power System "Within the Next Year"
The Acting Executive Director at the Port of Long Beach (PoLB), Al More, has tipped the Japanese port of Yokohama to adopt an at berth shore power program within the next year.
"The Port of Yokohama from Japan visited the Port of Long Beach about a year ago because they heard about our program. So it wouldn't surprise me - you might see in the port of Yokohama within the next year a programme of shore-to-ship power or something very similar." he said.
The comments came as part of a Tuesday's Pulse of the Port video, which also discussed Long Beach's own shore power infrastructure.
PoLB says it has spent $175 million on the project that has given vessels the ability to "plug in" to shore power at 16 of the port's berths.
Ports across California have been preparing for the January 1, 2014 introduction of a new state-wide regulation that requires a fleet operator to reduce at-berth emissions from its vessels' auxiliary engines at each California Port by 50 percent on average by plugging in to shore power.
"It wasn't easy to accomplish but again the Port of Long Beach is happy to say we've made it," said More.
Last year Canada said it would provide new funding to add shore power facilities at the nation's ports.
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