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while, Port of Los Angeles spokesman Arley Baker insists that the CAAP “is still on track,” with a start date of Oct. 1 for the first wave of truck replacements and operating-concession rules. In California, regulators are attempting to make cold ironing more than an option for vessel owners. The state’s Air Resources Board has been moving ahead with rules that would mandate the technique, as well as vessel speed reductions. At the same time, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are building emission-reduction requirements into some of their new terminal leases, although Baker says L.A. prefers to let carriers and terminal operators decide how the targets will be met. A number of options are available for carriers looking to cut down on vessel emissions at dockside. Los Angeles is installing about 15 AMP stations at its terminals and cruise center, to connect ships with the city’s electricity grid. Elsewhere, carriers are exploring the use of portable generators on barges. Yet another idea is a kind of sock, fitted out with scrubbers, that would be placed over the vessel’s ship stacks while in port. Similar technology has been employed successfully at Northern California railyards for the exhaust pipes of locomotives, says Baker. For ships, the device would be installed and removed via a special crane. The two big Southern California ports are also working to convince vessel owners to switch to low-sulfur fuel between 20 and 40 miles from the docks. According to PMSA, the strategy would cut SOx by 11 percent, and diesel particulate matter by 9 percent. To promote the idea, the ports have launched an incentive plan, whereby they subsidize the cost differential between standard bunker fuel and lower-sulfur fuel for 12 months. “So far we’ve had a pretty strong response,” says Baker, noting that approximately 13 ocean carriers had signed up as of early July. They represent 123 vessels making an average of 260 calls per quarter. The Tacoma Strategy Up in the Pacific Northwest, environmental programs are taking a different slant. The Port of Tacoma, Wash., is about to launch another wave of container terminal construction, redeveloping large parcels of land that had been used for industrial purposes. Lou Paulsen, chief sustainable development officer, says the port is paying equal attention to economic opportunity and environmental concerns, including the cleanup of toxic materials from former operations. Tacoma is joining with the rival Port of Seattle, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, American Lung Association and Canadian port interests to craft a new Pacific Northwest Clean Air Strategy. The plan calls for a 70-percent reduction in vessel emissions at dockside between 2005 and 2010, and a 30-percent drop in diesel emissions from cargo-handling equipment. Yet planners aren’t specifying how industry should achieve those goals. “We’re going to get to a desired outcome faster, because [the strategy] involves a high level of collaboration and allows industry to select from a menu of options,” says Paulsen. Cold ironing is not seen as a strong possibility in the Northwest. Tim Farrell, The Center for Executive Education offers courses in Supply Chain, Lean Enterprise, Process Improvement, and Leadership Development, as well as High-Compression LearningSM Executive MBA Programs GLOBAL LOGISTICS & SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGIES 49 http://supplychain.utk.edu http://supplychain.utk.edu

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