Northwest Ports Clean
Air Strategy

The Port of Seattle, along with the Port of Tacoma and Port Metro Vancouver, implemented the first international ports clean air program in 2008. Agency partners include U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency (PSCAA), Washington Department of Ecology, and Environment Canada.

Named the Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy, this collaborative program seeks to:

Reduce maritime and port-related air quality impacts on human health, the environment, and the economy
Reduce contribution to climate change through co-benefits associated with reducing air quality impacts
Help the Georgia Basin/Puget Sound Airshed continue to meet air quality standards and objectives

Strategy Performance Measures

	2010	2015
Ocean-Going Vessels	Less than 0.5% fuels in auxiliary engines while at berth	Meet International Maritime Organization standards
Cargo-Handling Equipment	Use of Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel to meet EPA Tier 2 or Tier 3 Particulate Matter Standards	Best available emission control devices
Rail	Expedite EPA SmartWay standards	Comply with U.S. EPA 2007 locomotive rules
Trucks	100% trucks must have 1994 or newer engines	80% of trucks must meet 2007 U.S. EPA Particulate Matter emission standards, 100% by 2017
Harbor Vessels	Low-sulfur fuels, new technologies	Advanced technology pilot projects

2010 Performance Summary

Ships

72.4% of all frequent ocean-going vessel calls met or exceeded the 2010 performance measure
100% of cruise ships met performance goal (223 vessel calls)
Terminal 91 provided shore power for two cruise ships to simultaneously plug in (zero emissions)
62% of frequently calling container vessel calls met performance goal (387 vessel calls)

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Cargo Equipment

55% of all equipment met the performance measure
100% of diesel equipment used ultra low-sulfur fuel and/or biodiesel

In late 2010, equipment failure forced 81 diesel multi-stage emission filters to be removed.

Clean Trucks

100% of drayage trucks met the measure through outreach, engine retrofits, or incentive programs.
280 pre-1994 model year drayage trucks were removed from service (program completed in 2011)
Drayage Truck Registry Program and free truck parking made available in Terminal 25

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Rail

Partner agencies