Oakland plugs in to being green
The Port of Oakland is set to meet the new OGV Fuel Regulation and Northern American Emission Control Area (ECA) requirements with its shore power plan.
From January 2014, all ocean-going vessels within Californian waters and 24 nautical miles from teh shoreline will be required to achieve sulphur emissions levels of at or below 0.1% for both marine gas oil and marine diesel oil.
A spokesperson for the port told GreenPort: “Environmental stewardship is one of the guiding principles at the port and this is just one component of our efforts to continue to meet our clean air commitment.”
The Port of Oakland’s Shore Power Programme involves the construction of high voltage electrical infrastructure so that ships can plug in to the electric grid while docked.
“Construction of shore power infrastructure is complete and we are currently working with our terminal operators, labour, and shipping lines to ‘commission’ or plug-in shore power equipped vessels as they call at the port,” the spokesperson added.
Other ports in the area, such as the Port of Los Angeles, are implementing Alternative Maritime Power (AMP) capabilities on berths, which will be completed by the end of 2013.
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