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LA-Long Beach Ports Fund Charging Units

[ July 12, 2024   //   Gary G Burrows ]

The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles will provide US$25 million in partnership with regional air quality agencies to jump-start charging infrastructure for electric heavy-duty drayage trucks in the largest U.S. container ports.
The Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee is leading some US$135 million in projects that will install up to 207 charging units at eight sites around Southern California, in Wilmington, Rancho Dominguez, Rialto, Fontana, Commerce and the Port of Long Beach. Contracting for the projects is being administered by the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
“With more than 23,000 trucks working the harbor, the investment potential provided by the Clean Truck Fund rate is a key to our air quality efforts,” said Port of Long Beach CEO Mario Cordero.
“We’re proud to sign on to this project that will exponentially grow heavy-duty truck charging infrastructure for the nation’s busiest ports complex,” said Long Beach Harbor Commission President Bobby Olvera Jr.
The Long Beach Harbor Commission and Los Angeles Harbor Commission each approved allocating US$12.5 million from their respective Clean Truck Funds for the plan.
The Clean Truck Fund Rate is a key component of the ports’ efforts to transition to a zero-emissions truck fleet by 2035, as established by the Clean Air Action Plan. Rate collection began in April 2022 at $10 per 20-foot equivalent unit or US$20 per 40-foot equivalent unit. Exemptions from the rate are provided for loaded containers hauled by zero-emissions trucks, and under limited circumstances, by low-nitrogen oxide trucks.
Through March, the Port of Long Beach has collected nearly US$75 million; the Port of Los Angeles about US$78 million.

Tags: Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles