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LA and LB Ports Discuss New Zero-Emission Technologies

The Port of Long Beach reports that Long Beach and Los Angeles Boards of Harbor Commissioners met jointly for a special workshop on July 7, 2011 to identify opportunities to move forward with a demonstration of zero-emission technologies in the…

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neighboring ports. The discussion focused on ways to evaluate and eventually make commercially viable promising zero-emission technologies such as electric and fuel cell-assisted drayage trucks, locomotives with linear synchronous motors, and electric and fuel cell-assisted cargo-handling equipment. The "Roadmap for Zero Emissions - Overview" is available here. The archived webcast of the July 7 workshop is available here.