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to zero emissions and its expertise in
maximizing available resources and
collaborating with private and public
sector partners. These projects-all of
which focus on meeting regional and
statewide clean air sustainability
goals, balancing them with the operational needs of the maritime and
goods movement industries, and
serving as models for other seaports,
industries and communities-are the
epicenter of how we get to zero.

Figure 1. A diesel yard tractor at the Pier J container terminal. Kalmar tractors like this will be
part of the test of battery-electric engines versus fuel-cell engines.

Figure 2. Kalmar yard tractors with battery-electric engines will be part of the
demonstration projects.

Resources Board (CARB) to move
ahead with six transformative projects. All of these involve multiple private and public partners contributing
significant resources as well as
researchers and consultants who will
collect and analyze data and report
their results. Each project has a rigorous testing and data collection period
of at least three months.
Participants include all of the
Port's six container terminals (container cargo represents 75% of the
Port's business). Southern California
Edison (SCE), the Port's local electric
utility, is a partner on five projects.
The roster of participants draws
on global and regional expertise in

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international trade; labor; transportation; manufacturing; engineering;
sustainability research; and energy
resource planning, analysis, and
forecasting. Education outreach and
workforce development are also
components of all six projects.
Each project will be evaluated in
terms of its benefits to adjacent commercial, industrial, and residential
zones. Areas include neighborhoods
disproportionately impacted by
emissions and traffic associated with
port operations, known as disadvantaged communities.
The level of grant support shows
how far the Port has come in terms
of the depth and breadth of its drive

Sustainable Terminals
Accelerating Regional
Transformation Project
The Sustainable Terminals Accelerating Regional Transformation (START)
project is the largest in terms of
reach and scope. With a US$50 million grant from CARB, the US$102
million project involves testing
more than 100 pieces of zero-emissions equipment and trucks at three
California seaports: Long Beach,
Oakland, and Stockton. The project
will also develop a near-zero-emissions tugboat, deploy two of the
cleanest ships to call on the West
Coast, and advance workforce development programs to support
sustainable goods movement. SCE
will play a lead role, and private sector partners will demonstrate the
equipment across the intermodal
network, including a full near-zero/
zero-emissions supply chain at
Long Beach's Pier C in partnership
with ocean carrier Matson Navigation Company and terminal operator SSA Marine.
Specifically, the project will test
33 battery-electric yard tractors (Figures 1 and 2), one battery-electric top
handler, 16 8,000-pound batteryelectric forklifts, 10  battery-electric
400-hp class-8 trucks, nine electric
rubber-tired gantry (e-RTG) cranes,
and one all-electric rail car mover,
all of which will validate the potential to  convert fleets of vehicles to
zero emissions and retain fully operational capabilities. Additionally,
18 36,000-pound battery-electric
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