Calif. Ports Plan to Switch 8,000 Trucks to Liquefied Natural Gas

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OAKLAND, Calif. --

Several large trucking companies have gotten on board with a plan to clean up the air at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

The ports created a joint Clean Air Action Plan last year, laying out goals for cutting emissions from trucks, ships, equipment and other sources at the ports.

Carriers including California Cartage, South Counties Express and TTSI have committed to switch older, diesel trucks over to ones that run on liquefied natural gas, according to the Long Beach Press-Telegram.

The overall port cleanup plan, which is estimated to cost $500 million over five years, includes replacing about half of the 16,000 diesel trucks that serve the ports with liquefied natural gas models.

The Clean Air Action Plan begins for trucks this October, when trucks from 1989 or before will be banned from the port terminals. By 2012, only trucks meeting the EPA’s 2007 clean air standards will be allowed in the ports.

The plan aims to reduce overall emissions at the ports by 45 percent over the next five years, which includes cutting truck emissions by 80 percent.

The ports will also impose restrictions on ships, such as requiring ships to turn off all on-board power systems while at the docks.

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