b'8American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comThe road to sustainability and reduced emissions at ports By Robert Murray, president of National Association of Waterfront Employers (NAWE)PassedinAugust2022,legislationmustalignwith theInflationReductionActthe maritime industry realities SUPPLY CHAIN FORECASTS 2023 setsi aside$3billionforand account for the challenges maritimedecarbonizationof equipment acquisition, espe-atU.S.ports,ciallymarket whichcoversavailability and switchingtocosts.zero-ornear-zeroemissionsC hallengen o . 1: cargohandling Biden Administration decarbonizationequ pment.e quipMentMarineTer- t ranSitionblueprint targets transportation minalOpera- TheInfla-tors(MTOs)tionReduction By Stas Margonanis, AJOT toppriorityAct allots fund-isthehealthingforports On January 10th, the Biden Aimtohave30%ofnewby 2035 andsafetyoftoreduceair administrationreleasedthevehiclesalesbezero-emis-Focus resources to developwaterfront workers. As such,pollutionandadvancezero-U.S.NationalBlueprintforsionby2030and100%bytechnology pathways and setportstakeholdersaremoti- emissionstechnology,but TransportationDecarboniza- 2040 efficiency and zero-emissionsvatedtoreduceemissionsswitching to new equipment tion in which: To address theEnsure100%federalfleet(BLUEPRINTcontinuedand meet proposed emission(ROADcontinued on climate crisis, we must elimi- procurement is zero-emissionon page 10) reduction goals, but the newpage 9)nate nearly all greenhouse gas (GHG)emissionsfromthe sector by 2050.The document is a collabo-ration of the U.S. Departments of Energy, Transportation, Hous-ingandUrbanDevelopment, and the Environmental Protec-tion Agency (EPA).Thereportexplainsthat therecentlyenactedBiparti-san Infrastructure Law (BIL) andInflationReductionAct (IRA) together represent his-toric investments in the future of our nation that will trans-form how we move and live while we build the backbone ofasaferandmoresustain-able transportation system.The Blueprint notes that manytransportationdecar-bonizationsolutionsrelyon electricitydirectlyorindi-rectly(suchastheproduc-tionofhydrogenorcertain sustainable fuels). Achieving 100%cleanelectricityby 2035,largelythroughnew solar and wind energy devel-opment,willbeacritical co-strategy to support trans-portation decarbonization.The Blueprints goals focus onthefollowingtransporta-tion sectors with the goal of 80100% Emissions Reduc-tionsby2050throughthe following proposals:President Joe Biden l ight -D utyV ehiCleS49%shareofcurrenttrans-portation emissionsDeploy500,000EVchar-gers by 2030Ensure100%federalfleet procurementbezero-emis-sion by 2027M eDiuM anDh eaVy -D utyt ruCkS anDB uSeS21% of transportation emissions'