b'APRIL 19 - MAY 9, 2021PACIFIC COAST PORTS17(PACIFICcontinued frombersforLoadedInboundwhich cost nearly $1.5 billion,Pier J, marking a significantyard vehicles and trucks, said page 16) forFebruaryhit373,756increases the number of lanesmilestone in a goal to transi- Cordero. Thats our reality in nighttimetruckdeliveriesTEUs, up a remarkable 50%in each direction to 3 comparedtion to zero emissions termi- Long Beach, and the goals of and offers of additional ware- overFebruary2020.Liketo the 2 lanes on the old Geraldnal equipment by 2030.ourtestsanddemonstrations house space will help ease theLA, outbound empties reflectDesmondBridge.ThenewThe demonstration of theare to eventually make it pos-crush of cargo flows. theoceancontainercarriersbridge adds an emergency laneelectricrubbertiredgantrysible to do everywhere.To that end, on Februaryneardesperationinreposi- in each direction. cranesispartoftheZero-1st the Port of LA launchedtioningboxesbacktoAsiaAnother major port proj- EmissionsTerminalEquip- p ort oFo akland : p ort oFanewincentiveprogramtowithFebruaryEmptiesect is the Long Beach Con- mentTransitionProject,B alanCemove trucks faster and moreOutbound at 265,431 TEUstainerTerminal(LBCT).which is funded in large partItissometimesforgot-efficiently through its termi- up a startling 71%.The LBCT is part of the $1.5bya$9.7millionCaliforniaten that the Port of Oakland nals. The Ports Truck Turn- Also like the Port of LA,billion Middle Harbor Rede- EnergyCommissiongrant.isadifferenttypeofport TimeandDual-TransactioncongestionhasbeenamajorvelopmentProjectwhichisThe Port, the CEC and South- thanthesouthernCalifor-IncentiveProgramsofferproblem but many of the Portscombining two aging box ter- ern California Edison are part- nian ports ofLos Angeles or terminal operators two waysmajorinfrastructureprojectsminals into one highly auto- nering on the project to bringLong Beach. Its not just that toearnfinancialrewards:have either just been completedmatedfacility.LBCTisin25 vehicles that are zero- orthe Port is located nearly 400 oneforshorteningthetimeor are nearing completion. Forits final stage of constructionnear-zeroemissionstothreemiles north of the San Pedro ittakestoprocesstrucksexample,thereplacementofbefore becoming fully opera- of the Ports marine terminalsports5 hours and 40 min-droppingoffand/orpickingtheGeraldDesmondBridgetionalsometimein2022.andlogisticstruckproviderutes by vehicle on a mythic upcargo,andtheotherforwasopenedinOctober2020LBCT operates electronicallyTotal Transportation ServicesI-5interstateoftenjammed trucks handling both transac- [seeAJOTOct.2020Grandwith zero emissions. At totalInc. to test their performancewithtrafficmovingonly tions in the same trip. TheseOpening].Thenewlyopenedcapacity,theterminalcanin a real-world setting. slightly faster than the States bestpracticesareneededPort of Long Beach Bridge ishandle 3.5 million TEUs. Imagine a port where atectonic plates. And not only now more than ever to relievedesignedtoeliminatebottle- Tacklingemissionsisaship slows down on approachbecause of its sizePort of pressure on the supply chainnecksandreducedelaysofPort [and State] mandate andtoreduceemissions,plugsLos Angeleshandlesover9 duetotheongoingsurge,truck traffic between the Portsin March SSA Marine beganinto the electrical grid at berthmillion TEUs and the Port of Seroka said of the program.of Long Beach and Los Ange- operatingthefirstofnineinstead of burning fuel to runLongBeachover8million Oneofthebiggestpro- les and to Southern Californiaelectric container yard cranesvital systems, and is worked(PACIFICcontinued on gramsunderwayattheSanfreeways.Thenewbridge,at the Port of Long Beachsbyzero-emissionscranes,page 19)Pedro Bay ports is the Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) zero emissiongoals.TheCAAP callsforzeroemissioncon-tainerhandlingequipmentMoving the by2030andzeroemission trucks by 2035. Seroka said these were ambitious goals established by the Mayors ofEconomyLos Angeles and Long Beach. Seroka said the effort to achievethezeroemission goals required a public pri- ThePortofLongBeachisavitallinkinthenations vatepartnershipandthe abilitytodrivedownthesupplychain.Operationalexcellenceandinnovation costofelectricallypoweredmake us the Port of Choice.equipment and trucks.To do so, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach had sponsored a number of dem-onstrationprogramswith cargo-handlingequipment andtrucksinordertohelp terminal operators and truck-ersembracezeroemission technologies.Serokasaid there were also proposals to eliminatesalestaxcharges on zero emission equipment andtruckstomakethem more affordable.p ort oFl ongB eaCh : B igy eart akingS hapeExecutive Director Mario Cordero, Port of Long Beach, notedinhisFebruary4th State-of-the-Port address that in 2020 the Port handled over 8.1millionTEUsanew record. And so far through the first quarter of2021, it looks like the record will be broken again, as imports continue to surge through the Ports facili-ties.ThenumbersforLong Beach,likeneighboringSan Pedro Bay, Port of Los Ange-les, are extraordinary. In Feb-ruary throughput total topped 770,000 TEUsthe first Feb-ruaryforthePorttoeclipse 700,000TEUs.ThePortis ridingawaveofinbound freightsomeofitrepre-senting pent up demand from consumerstiredofCOVID related buys and on a spring buyingspreewhileanother portion represents the shift to e-commerce.ThePortnum-'