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Port of LA Awarded $412 Million EPA Grant

[ November 7, 2024   //   ]

The Port of Los Angeles has been awarded a US$412 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Ports Program to support the zero-emission transition at the nation’s busiest trade gateway.
The port and its private sector partners will match the EPA grant with an additional US$236 million, bringing the total new investment in zero emission, or ZE, programs at the Port of Los Angeles to US$644 million.
The new funding will go toward purchasing nearly 425 pieces of battery electric, human-operated ZE cargo-handling equipment, installing 300 new ZE charging ports and other related infrastructure, and deploying 250 ZE drayage trucks. The grant will also provide for US$50 million for a community-led ZE grant program, workforce development, and related engagement activities.
“This US$411.7 million represents the single largest Clean Ports investment of the 55 being announced today,” said EPA Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator Martha Guzman on Oct. 29.
With a goal to achieving 100 percent ZE terminal operations by 2030, the port enlisted assistance from the ILWU, and several of its private sector tenant-partners: Yusen Terminals LLC, Everport Terminal Services, TraPac, Fenix Marine Services, APM Terminals and the Harbor Community Benefit Foundation.
Zero-emission initiatives supported by the EPA grant and matching funds are expected to significantly reduce emissions from port operations, decreasing annual emissions of NOx by 55 tons, PM2.5 by 1.5 tons and greenhouse gasses by 41,500 tons, and eliminating 3.5 million gallons of annual diesel fuel usage.
Zero-emission, battery-electric cargo-handling equipment purchases supported by the new grant funding will include: 337 yard tractors, 56 top handlers, 24 heavy duty forklifts, 10 battery electric storage systems, two solar arrays, more than 300 chargers, 250 drayage trucks, and auto terminal vessel shore power AMP connection
The community-led ZE grant program, in partnership with the Harbor Community Benefit Foundation, will prioritize investments that benefit frontline, disadvantaged areas. Investments will be identified through community-led outreach and a selection process that prioritizes projects with the greatest emission reductions and impact on neighborhoods surrounding the port.

The port and private sector partners have committed to add a US$236 million to the EPA grant, bringing total new zero emission investment at the port to US$644 million. PHOTO: Port of Los Angeles

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