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Port of Seattle Dedicates New Container Terminal
Facility will generate more jobs, revenue for the region
2009 Marine Cargo Forecast
Read the 2009 Marine Cargo Forecast prepared for the Washington Public Ports Association
First Call for OOCL Ningbo
OOCL Ningbo made its first call at the Port of Seattle April 24. The Port commemorated the event with the presentation of a plaque to Captain Won An Loy. The Ningbo is the first of two 8,000-TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) capacity ships OOCL is deploying on the NWX service it operates with Hapag Lloyd, NYK Line and ZIM. Hapag Lloyd will have three 8,000-TEU vessels on the five-vessel service. The addition of the larger ships provides more capacity to Seattle, which is the first inbound North American port of call. Another of OOCL's 8,000-TEU ships, OOCL Long Beach, is scheduled to arrive in Seattle May 4. The port rotation of the NWX service is Ningbo (China), Shanghai, Qingdao (China), Busan, Seattle, Vancouver, Tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe, Ningbo. Pictured above are: Linda Styrk, POS; Brian Hong, OOCL, Captain Won An Loy, OOCL; Jeff Swanson, SSAT; Phil Lutes, POS.
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South Harbor Truck Parking
The South Harbor Truck Parking work group was formed in response to community concerns about heavy-duty trucks parking in the Georgetown and South Park neighborhoods. In summer, 2008 Port Commissioner Gael Tarleton and City Councilmember Sally Clark convened a group of stakeholders to better understand the issues and create a collaborative process to address them. Following are the work group’s findings and recommendations, which will be presented to the Port Commission and City Council in spring, 2009. Download the flyer here.
Port Commissioners Approve Customer Support, Clean Air Package
Plan will retain jobs, make the Port more competitive
Please review the Clean Air Strategy – Truck Program, the Customer Recovery Plan and the combined Customer Recovery and Clean Air Strategy Truck Program
Read the letter from the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency to the Port regarding the Port Truck Removal Program
Clean Air, Clean Port - environmental projects underwayThe Port of Seattle has dual responsibilities: To protect and enhance our environment while continuing to operate and build the large-scale infrastructure projects needed to keep trains, planes, trucks, ships -- and our economy -- moving.
The Puget Sound Maritime Air Emissions Inventory Project, which will be completed by the end of this year, collects baseline information on a number of air pollutants and their sources within the greater Puget Sound area and in the waters north to the border with Canada. It focuses primarily on diesel-powered maritime sources, such as ships, cargo-handling equipment, locomotives and trucks.
This is the first in a series of collaborative actions by the Puget Sound Maritime Air Forum, a regional voluntary collaboration of ports, maritime entities, air agencies and other parties with operational or regulatory responsibilities related to maritime industry air quality impacts. Led by the Port of Seattle, this effort supports voluntary emissions reductions from maritime-related activities.
The Port is working with the City and other entities to reduce “green house” emission. The RFID program is just one of many.
Ultra low sulfur diesel is now legally required for trucks and bio-diesel blend is encouraged.
This year, the Port is focused on retrofitting cargo handling equipment with alternative fuels. Next year, it will focus on retrofitting trucks. The Port will also work with PACCAR on developing pollution control devices to make them affordable. Cascade Sierra Solutions (CSS) partnering with the Port to create educational materials and provide the technical and financial assistance to truckers for technology that reduces fuel consumption and emissions. This partnership will make the same services available to drayage as well as long-haul truckers. Over time, the resulting fuel savings will more than cover the cost of the equipment. Legislative efforts are underway which would help subsidize truck emission control (diesel emission reduction) devices (retrofitting/rebuilding).