PORTS TO SHARE CLEAN AIR ACTION PLAN UPDATE NOV. 8
San Pedro Bay Seaports Partnering for Zero-Emissions Future
October 25, 2023 — The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles will give a progress update on the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) from 1-3 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 8. The meeting will include updates of the 2022 Emissions Inventories, Clean Truck Fund Rate implementation, zero-emission cargo handling equipment goals, and grant funding coordination with the ports and South Coast Air Quality Management District.
The meeting will be held via virtually and is open to the public. Minutes of prior meetings can be found here.
The ports will take public comments at the stakeholder meeting to receive input on CAAP implementation. The agenda will be posted on the CAAP website prior to the meeting. For more information, visit cleanairactionplan.org.
Updated in 2017, the CAAP is a comprehensive strategy for accelerating progress toward a zero-emission future while protecting and strengthening the ports’ competitive position in the global economy. Since 2005, port-related air pollution emissions in San Pedro Bay have dropped 90% for diesel particulate matter, 63% for nitrogen oxides, and 97% for sulfur oxides. Targets for reducing greenhouse gases from port-related sources were introduced as part of the 2017 CAAP. The document calls for the ports to reduce GHGs 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. The Clean Air Action Plan was originally approved in 2006.
The San Pedro Bay ports complex is the nation’s busiest and the ninth-busiest in the world. The two ports handle approximately 40% of the nation’s total containerized import traffic and 25% of its total exports. Trade that flows through the San Pedro Bay ports complex generates more than 3 million jobs nationwide.