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China Shipping to Expand Service at Port of Seattle
SSA will continue partnership with shipping line
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Northwest Intermodal Conference
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BNSF Grows Green at the SIG yard
BNSF Railway Company has added capacity and has the potential to reduce emissions at its Seattle International Gateway (SIG) intermodal facility by using four wide-span, electric, rail-mounted gantry cranes. These cranes not only produce zero emissions on site, but allow more flexibility, increase capacity and reduce the need for diesel trucks to move containers within the facility.
The Port of Seattle is one of the largest, most efficient container and breakbulk cargo centers on the West Coast.
Closer to Asia than any other major U.S. port, Seattle is a premier gateway for products moving to and from North America. Our expansive terminals, dedicated workforce, superb rail and road access make Seattle the best choice for fast cargo transshipment.
Truck map for the Spokane Street Corridor
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).