Marine Vessels & Ports Sector

The objective of the Marine Vessels and Ports Workgroup is to share information and seek funding for a variety of projects including: alternative fuel use for vessels and on-shore equipment, equipment retrofits and early retirement, and cold ironing for ocean-going vessels and plug-in power for on-shore equipment. If you would like to join the Marine Vessels and Ports Workgroup, please contact Penny McDaniel or Dan Brown. For information on WCC projects in this sector, see this link.

Sector Calls and Meetings

Dear West Coast Collaborative Marine Vessels & Ports Sector Partners — Please save the date and join us for our next Sector call. We have included the agenda for the call, below. Please note we will be sending additional materials and posting them on the Marine Vessels & Ports Sector page before the call.

Date: October 27, 2011 (11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT)
Call-in number: 1-866-299-3188
Passcode: 2065538087#

Agenda

  1. Welcome and Introductions (Penny McDaniel & Dan Brown, WCC Co-Leads)
  2. CARB Marine Vessel and Port Equipment Rule/Reg Update (CARB)
    http://www.arb.ca.gov/ports/marinevess/marinevess.htm
    http://www.arb.ca.gov/ports/cargo/cargo.htm
    http://www.arb.ca.gov/ports/marinevess/harborcraft.htm
  3. Zero Emission Technology Roadmap overview and status update from the San Pedro Bay Ports (Heather Tomely, Asst. Director of Environmental Planning, POLB & Kevin Maggay, Air Quality Supervisor, POLA) Zero Emission Roadmap Technical Report Part 1 Zero Emission Roadmap Technical Report Part 2 Zero Emission Roadmap Technical Report Part 3. Presentation | Press Release.
  4. Zero emissions technologies supported through the SCAQMD Technology Advancement Office (Dipankar Sarkar, Technologies Demonstrations Manager, SCAQMD) http://www.aqmd.gov/tao/Demonstration/ResearchProject.htm. Presentation.
  5. Puget Sound Maritime Air Emission Inventory overall approach to updating the inventory, and status update (Cindy Lin, Manager of Environmental Compliance, Port of Tacoma) http://www.pscleanair.org/programs/dieselsolutions/diesel_downloads/PSEI_Overview_2011.pdf. Presentation.
  6. Port of Seattle Green Gateway Engineering Study (Stephanie Jones-Stebbins, Senior Manager for Environmental Programs, Port of Seattle) http://www.portseattle.org/seaport/cargo/GreenGateway.shtml. Presentation.
  7. Update on Diesel Emission Reduction (DERA) grants (Penny McDaniel & Dan Brown, WCC Co-Leads)

Projects