Are Zero Emissions Vehicles Possible?

The port of Long Beach is the second busiest seaport in North America, second only tothe port of Los Angeles. At 1 p.m. today, Harbor Commissions of both will meet jointly at the headquarters of the Port ofLong Beach to conduct a workshop on the possible progression of zero-emissions cargo-moving technology.

The two ports have tested a variety of potential ways to move cargo containers, whileimplementing zero-emissions technologies.

The workshop today will center on technology that can decrease air pollution at ahigher rate than those being used through the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan,adopted in 2006 and renewed in 2010 by both Harbor Commissions.

Personnel from both ports as well as delegates from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, South Coast Air Quality Management Districtand Southern California Association of Governments will be giving presentationsthroughout the workshop.

Together, the two ports transport more than $350 billion in goods and materials everyyear and are a major source of income in Southern California, maintaining hundreds ofthousands of jobs.

The workshop will be for educational purposes only and no votes are scheduled. It will meet at Port of Long Beach headquarters, 925 Harbor Plaza, Long Beach, 90802. It will be available for concurrent viewing through a live webcast at www.polb.com/webcast.