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$125 million in funding for zero emissions equipment

News19 Jul 2022

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has opened the second round of its Clean-Off-Road Equipment Voucher Incentive Project....

News20 Apr 2017

Auto industry heavyweight Toyota has announced a project to test a hydrogen fuel cell trucks in the drayage market at Los Angeles and Long B...

News2 Feb 2017

Leasing companies looking for unreturned containers leased to bankrupt Hanjin Shipping might want to pay a visit to rural properties in Onta...

News20 Aug 2013

July figures show the Port of Long Beach continues to close the gap on the Port of Los Angeles....

News1 Aug 2010

Hyundai Merchant Mar ine (HMM) is to switch its operations at the Port of Long Beach to the neighbouring Port of Los Angeles later this year...

News1 Oct 2008

Environmentalists were crying foul last month as California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger finally vetoed SB 974, a bill introduced by Senat...

News1 Aug 2008

SB 974, the California Senate bill that would charge US$30 per TEU on boxes moving in and out of the state’s ports (see WorldCargo News Ma...

News1 Apr 2008

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO)’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) convened its 57th meeting in London early t...

News1 Mar 2008

The first quarter of 2008 has brought good and bad news for shippers and transportation companies operating in California - all related to a...

News1 Jan 2008

“Container shipping is the most environmentally sound way to transport large volumes of goods across the world.” So says a new website w...

News1 Nov 2007

Ports around the world are continuing to watch the progress of “cold ironing” (Alternative Marine Power or AMP) in the United States, es...

News1 Sep 2007

Environmental lobbying groups in California have declared war on the tens of thousands of obsolete reefer containers that are piled high in ...

News1 Aug 2007

The controversial California container fee bill (SB 974) is making its way through the legislative process. Governer Arnold Schwarzenegger c...

News1 Jun 2007

Fears that the freight transport industry is increasingly attracting the attention of environmentalists were confirmed recently when the Cal...

News1 Mar 2005

NAWC ports have faced a threeway drain on capital for several years. But now terminal construction has slowed as port funds are redirected t...