{"id":5273,"date":"2025-05-09T07:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T06:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2025\/05\/09\/ssa-marine-electrifies-forklift-fleet\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:15:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:15:51","slug":"ssa-marine-electrifies-forklift-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/americas-greenport\/ssa-marine-electrifies-forklift-fleet\/","title":{"rendered":"SSA Marine electrifies forklift fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The conversion of 44 forklifts makes Berth 55 SSA Marine\u2019s first terminal to operate entirely with zero-emissions equipment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAchieving this sustainability milestone at Berth 55 reinforces SSA Marine\u2019s commitment to environmental responsibility, operational efficiency, and innovation,\u201d said Meghan Weinman, vice president of sustainability at SSA Marine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud to partner with the Port of Los Angeles on this ambitious project and we\u2019re confident that Berth 55 will serve as a blueprint for future initiatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new electric fleet includes 12 heavy-duty 4,500 kg and 32 light-duty 1,360 kg Hyster forklifts. SSA Marine estimates the switch will eliminate the use of nearly 200,000 litres of propane annually and reduce CO2 emissions by around 264 metric tonnes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/environment-and-sustainability\/demonstrating-success-in-the-creation-of-green-partnerships\/1496512.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>READ MORE: <em>GreenPort<\/em> magazine talks to SSA Marine about its sustainability ambitions<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The initiative was the result of a three-year collaboration between SSA Marine, the Port of Los Angeles, and several stakeholders dedicated to environmental progress in maritime logistics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSSA Marine has been a longtime tenant at the Port of Los Angeles,\u201d said Michael DiBernardo, deputy executive director of the port.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir early achievement of an emissions-free operation at Berth 55 \u2013 five years ahead of our 2030 target \u2013 is a major accomplishment we appreciate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SSA Marine has completed the full transition of its forklift fleet at Berth 55, Port of Los Angeles, from propane to battery-electric power, marking a significant step toward zero-emissions cargo handling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,46],"tags":[282,108,412,48,762],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-5273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-americas-greenport","category-energy-technology-greenport","tag-forklifts","tag-hyster","tag-port-of-los-angeles","tag-shorepower-electrification","tag-ssa-marine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5275,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5273\/revisions\/5275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5273"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=5273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}