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Atkinson, VP, sustainability, Crowley. “It really just provides a lot of opportunities as we move forward.” Crowley, which ships cargo from
R A federal grant will help toward lowering emissions of port-related equipment at JaxPort.
marine technologies and practices related to the maritime transportation system, and a Marad study on the “necessary port-related infrastructure needed to support bunkering facilities for liquefied natural gas, hydrogen, ammonia, or other new marine fuels under development”, are also mooted. “The NDAA legislation includes key
provisions that support both environmental and operational activities at the Port of Tacoma and the Northwest Seaport Alliance,” explains Don Meyer, president, Port of Tacoma and co-chair, Northwest Seaport Alliance. “The Tacoma harbour deepening included in the WRDA bill is a significant benefit for maritime trade in the Puget Sound and will ensure our ports remain competitive for years to come.” The Northwest Seaport Alliance, Port
of Seattle and Port of Tacoma made the voluntary commitment to reduce maritime- related emissions to zero by 2050 or earlier with the Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy. In October 2021, the Port of Seattle Commission accelerated its climate action goals to be net zero or better for port-owned emissions by 2040. The port also committed to accelerate and expand its goal to reduce emissions from industries operating at its facilities to be carbon- neutral or better by 2050. In Florida, the Port of Jacksonville
(JaxPort) is moving increasingly toward electrification of the large cranes that unload cargo from ships and the smaller cranes that shuttle containers around terminal yards. Hydrogen could someday become the fuel of choice for ships that only recently left behind diesel for liquefied natural gas. A federal grant awarded to JaxPort in partnership with Crowley Maritime and SSA Jacksonville will fund
that goal by helping to pay for $47m of investments toward lowering emissions of port-related equipment. For Jacksonville-based Crowley Maritime,
its strategy is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. President and CEO Tom Crowley, says Crowley is “on a mission to become the most sustainable and innovative maritime logistics company in the Americas” to “meet the climate crisis head on”. Crowley’s goal would cut greenhouse gas emissions each year through 2050 at a rate equal to removing 900,000 cars annually from the road, according to the company. Crowley, based in Arlington, operates in 36 nations and territories while employing about 7,000 people, so its annual progress reports will show what’s possible for port- related businesses to accomplish. “It’s providing ways to partner across the
industry that we have not attempted before technologies and new skills,” says Meaghan
Jacksonville to Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, has been part of the city’s port scene for decades and operates out of the Talleyrand terminal. SSA is a newcomer at Blount Island terminal, where it handles ships that deliver cargo to and from Asia. The companies teamed up with the port authority’s JaxPort Express initiative to win a $23.5m grant from the US Department of Transportation in October. Nationwide, the department awarded about $703m to 41 port projects by using money from the Inflation Reduction Act signed into law by President Joe Biden. Approximately $150m of the awards were
for electrification projects at ports including Jacksonville. Eric Green, CEO, JaxPort, called it a “significant milestone” in building a “port of the future”. The federal grant will go toward a total
of $47m of projects at the Talleyrand and Blount Island terminals for electrified refrigerated container stacks, hybrid electric rubber-tyred gantry cranes, battery-powered electric forklifts and yard tractors, installation of fast-charging stations, and developing a plan for moving the port and local maritime industry toward zero-emission technologies. The technology coming from the federal
grant is already in use on the West Coast and is moving now to East Coast ports, says Nick Primrose, chief of regulatory compliance for JaxPort. “This is the first of its kind in Florida for such a large public-private partnership investment in low and zero-emission cargo handling equipment,” he says.
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