The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $86,278,850 Project Grant under the Clean Ports Program (CFDA 66.051) to the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (Philaport) to improve air quality and reduce pollution in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania and the surrounding area. The grant funds will be used to purchase 10 electric forklifts, 25 electric terminal tractors, 1 electric rail switcher, and 2 new electric ship-to-shore cranes. The project will also install 36 fast...
This $3,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Ports Program (CFDA 66.051) supports planning activities to improve air quality and reduce pollution in communities near the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Key activities include: Analyzing drayage truck movements, conducting community air monitoring, engaging with drayage truck operators and near-port residents, and developing strategies to reduce emissions. The sub-awardees,...
This Project Grant award, provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Ports Program (CFDA 66.051), will fund the Maryland Port Administration (MPA) to develop an updated emissions inventory, conduct an alternative energy analysis and emissions reduction strategy plan, perform a workforce analysis, and create a comprehensive community engagement plan. Key activities include: Conducting community engagement activities to ensure meaningful participation in the project's...
This $2,981,399 federal Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Ports Program (CFDA 66.051) will support the Port of Houston Authority's initiatives to reduce emissions and improve sustainability at the Port of Houston. The key activities include: Developing a new emissions inventory for the port, analyzing truck traffic patterns, and assessing the costs of zero-emissions infrastructure. The Port will also create a climate action plan, performance measurement...
This $1,800,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Ports Program (CFDA 66.051) will fund the Puerto Rico Ports Authority to conduct emissions accounting, reduction strategy analysis, resiliency planning, stakeholder engagement, and workforce development activities for the Port of San Juan. Key deliverables include an emissions inventory, assessment of zero-emission technology readiness, infrastructure evaluation to support electrification,...
This $1,966,545 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Ports Program (CFDA 66.051) provides funding to the Port of Redwood City. The purpose is to conduct emissions inventory and accounting exercises, analyze emissions-reduction strategies, engage with port stakeholders, and perform resilience planning. Key activities include completing a baseline emissions inventory, establishing port-specific emissions reduction targets, developing an...
This Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Ports Program (CFDA 66.051) provides $1,325,000.00 to the South Carolina Ports Authority to conduct a variety of planning activities to reduce emissions at their port facilities. The key activities funded under this award include: Updating an emissions inventory from 2021 Conducting a study of emission reduction strategies for port operations Developing a resiliency plan Establishing a community port advisory...
This $110,469,349 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Ports Program (CFDA 66.051) will fund the Stockton Port District's efforts to reduce air pollution at the Port of Stockton through the deployment of zero-emission cargo handling equipment and infrastructure. Key products and services to be delivered include the purchase and deployment of 54 electric forklifts, 2 electric mobile harbor cranes, 6 electric terminal tractors, 47 direct current fast...
This $1,000,000 federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Ports Program (CFDA 66.051), will fund the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) to conduct emissions inventory and planning activities for the ports of Portland, Searsport, Eastport, and Rockland. The key products and services to be delivered include: developing new mobile source emissions inventories for each port; identifying needed electrical grid upgrades to...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $141,677,882.00 and provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Ports Program (CFDA 66.051), aims to improve air quality and reduce pollution at the Port of Wilmington, Delaware. The key activities funded through this grant include: Replacing 142 pieces of existing diesel-powered cargo handling equipment (yard cranes, terminal tractors, forklifts, and top handlers) with fully electric units; converting 54 yard and...