Each 50t lift capacity Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) crane is being equipped with batteries and new, smaller diesel backup engines. The port said the first hybrid crane began service on 5 March at Oakland International Container Terminal. It added that the rest of the terminal\u2019s retrofitted fleet will be operational by next year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the Prius of cargo-handling equipment,\u201d explained Port of Oakland environmental planner Catherine Mukai. \u201cWe\u2019re gratified that our partners at the terminal are taking this step to help clear the air.\u201d<\/p>\n
In July 2018, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District awarded the terminal operator, SSA Terminals, a US$5m grant for the hybrid project through its Community Health Protection Grant Program. SSA Terminals is spending about US$1m more to retrofit its cranes. According to the port, the terminal operator could recoup its cost within two years, thanks to fuel savings.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe depend heavily on this equipment to keep cargo flowing smoothly,\u201d said Jim Rice, general manager at Oakland International Container Terminal. \u201cWe\u2019re pleased to find a solution that makes us more efficient and at the same time benefits the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n
The port has a long term strategy to drive down emissions. In January, the Port of Oakland announced that 75% of all ships visiting the Port of Oakland in 2018 used shore power <\/a>to help reduce emissions, while in November, Impact Transportation become the second trucking company at the Port of Oakland to invest in zero emissions equipment<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Port of Oakland\u2019s largest container terminal is converting 13 diesel-powered yard cranes to hybrid power with the aim of cutting 45t of diesel-related air pollutants annually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-products-services-greenport"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":474,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions\/474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}