b'10American Journal of Transportation ajot.comBBC Chartering launchesCARING FOR new Caribbean ServiceBBCCharteringbringsCaribbean market, accordingYOUR CARGO reliabilityandflexibilitytoto Per Petersen, President of the Caribbean Sea with a newBBCCharteringUSA.WeFOR 50+YEARSservice sailing twice a monthhavecustomersalloverthe from the port of Houston toworld who trust us to perform Cartagena,PointLisas,andon a global basis, and now we Georgetown.Wecancallcan offer them regular service manyotherCaribbeanportsto the Caribbean.on an inducement basis. BBCiscommittingto Clients are looking for along-term growth in the Carib-financially strong and depend- beanwithregularserviceto ableoceancarrierinthekey ports. Albany, NY Eastport, ME Lake Charles, LA Port Manatee, FL Thorold, ONBurns Harbor, IN Hamilton, ON Milwaukee, WI Tampa, FLfmtcargo.com | 704.714.4644AJOT_July2020.indd 1 2020-07-13 16:07:201 gigawatt, or 1,000 mega- ingeffortunderlinesNewreportPorts:GreenGate-The BBC Caribbean transporting windblades. watthours(MWh),wouldJerseysleadershipinhar- waystoEuropediscussing power around 725,000 homes. nessingtheeconomicandissues such as electrification (DEVELOPMENTcontin- employ1,500workersandThe initiative was hailedenvironmentalpotentialofand decarbonization potential ued from page 9) provide staging and assemblybyLauraMorton,Ameri- offshore wind. inEuropeanportsincluding Director Jon Slangerup advo- ofcomponentsforoffshorecanWindEnergyAssocia- Tosupporteffortsbyavarietyofindustriesand catedtheso-calledEnergywindprojectsupanddowntionseniordirector,policyports to embrace green alter- water transport.Island strategy for the Port ofthe entire East Coast: andregulatoryaffairs,off- natives, maritime class soci-LongBeach.HearguedthatTheNewJerseyWindshore:Thisforward-think- ety, DNV, has issued a newh oWCCA C Anh elPP ortthe Ports zero emission goalsPort will create thousands ofoFl ongb eAChcould be advanced by utiliz- high-quality jobs, bring mil- At a time when California ingunderutilizedPortprop- lions of investment dollars toports are losing market share ertiesfortheassemblyandourstateandestablishNewto East and Gulf coast ports, manufacture of new wind andJersey as the national capitalSandidgearguesthatthe solar projects to make the Portofoffshorewind.ThisisaimplementationoftheLong energyindependent,createvital step forward in achiev- Beach CCA would allow the neweconomicdevelopmentingourgoalofreachingCity and the Port to contract and meet zero emission goals. 7,500 MW of offshore windforsolarandwindprojects The State of New Jerseypowerby2035and100%that could reduce the higher is already moving ahead withclean energy by 2050. costs of utility costs paid to part of this concept. In June,Earlierthisyear,NewEdisonandfasttracknew NewJerseyGovernorPhilJerseychoserstedOceanrenewablepowergeneration Murphy announced plans forWindtobuildthestatesjobs and economic develop-the New Jersey Wind Port,firstoffshorewindproject,ment:There is decent wind proposinga$400millionexpected to generate 1.1 giga- offshoreofnearbyCatalina investment in a facility on thewatts at a site off the coast ofIslandthatcouldsupporta DelawareRiverthatwouldAtlantic City. wind farm and utilize trans-missionlinesconnectingto the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.ThePortis projectingthatitwilltriple its energy consumption over thenextfifteenyears.The Statemandateforcontainer shipstoutilizeshorepower whenatberthrequires1.5 to 3.5 megawatts per vessel. So, if you had ten vessels at berthatthesametimeyou are looking at 30 megawatts just to power those ten ships. NewCaliforniaregulations willexpandshorepower requirementsforotherves-sels.Atthesametime,the Ports Clean Air Action Plan is pushing to switch container handlingequipmentand trucks to electric power. This will need to be supported by new renewable generation at the Port. The CCA can incen-tivizenewdevelopersata time when Edison is less able and willing to support addi-tional renewable power.(DEVELOPMENTcontin-ued on page 11)'