Marine Vessels & Ports Sector

Marine Vessels and Ports Sector Overview (Fact Sheet) IMO Annex VI, SECA, and Other Marine-Related Legislations Air Emission Projects Technical Clearinghouse On this page: Sector Calls and Meetings Projects Funded Under DERA Emission Inventories Policy Tools and Incentives Technologies Shore-Based Power Fuel Information Management Options & Informational Documents News Related Links Related information: Meeting Notes Archive Cleaner Fuel Use

The Marine Vessels and Ports Workgroup is exploring opportunities to share information and seek funding for a variety of projects including: alternative fuel use for vessels and on-shore equipment, equipment retrofits and early retirement, and cold ironing for ocean-going vessels and plug-in power for on-shore equipment. If you would like to join the Marine Vessels and Ports Workgroup, please contact Francisco Donez.

Sector Calls and Meetings

The teleconference line for all calls is: 1-866-299-3188. The conference code is: 2065538087#.

• April 14, 2009 11 am–12 pm PST
  • Clean Air Logix Presentation

2008 EPA-Funded Projects under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act

• Competitive 2008 DERA Grant: Puget Sound Clean Air Agency Awarded $850,000 for Diesel Emissions Reduction Project

Emission Inventories

• Puget Sound Maritime Air Emissions Inventory
• EPA - Best Practices Port Emission Inventories
• EPA White Paper #3 - Port Emission Inventories (DOC)
• Port of LA Emissions Inventory
• Port of Long Beach Emissions Inventory
• Environment Canada (SENES) Review of Methods Used in Calculating Marine Vessel Emission Inventories
• SMED Methodology for Calculating Emissions from Ships
• Haagen-Smit Symposium Worldwide Emissions Overview
• San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority Emission Data Report
• British Columbia Marine Vessel Air Emission Survey
• Santa Barbara, California Marine Shipping Emissions

Policy Tools and Incentives

• Port of L.A. New Leasing Policy
• Federal Advisory Committee Incentives Report 2005
• Haagen-Smit Symposium Policy Levers for Reducing Emissions 1
• Haaagen-Smit Symposium Policy Levers for Reducing Emissions 2
• EPA (ICF) Emission Reduction Incentives
• Swedish Maritime Administration Fairway Dues
• Public-Private Incentives for Regional Ferries
  

Technologies

• WETA fact sheet: The Nation's Most Environmentally Friendly Ferry
• San Pedro Bay Ports CAAP Technology Advancement Program – Final Report
• Emission-Reducing Technologies and Practices for Container and Coal Terminals
• Port Yard Tractor Demonstration Project Sees Success in Particulate Emissions
• APL Announces Breakthrough Plan to Reduce Emissions
• APL SINGAPORE Project
• Vallejo Ferry SCR installation
  
• EPA White Paper #2 - Validation of Technologies to Reduce Emissions at Ports (DOC)
• Haagen-Smit Symposium Alternative Marine Power at Port of LA
• Haagen-Smit Symposium Challenges for Reducing Emissions in China
• Haagen-Smit Symposium Emission Reduction from Improved Logistics
• Haagen-Smit Symposium (MAN B&W Diesel Technical Improvements for Ships)
• Haagen-Smit Symposium Technical Improvements for Ships–Wartsila
• MEPC Reduction Options (DOC)
• North Sea Ministerial Meeting (DOC)
• Reproducibility and Accuracy of On-Board Emission Measurements Using RAVEM

Shore-Based Power

• AAPA - Use of Shore-Side Power for Ocean-Going Vessels
• California Air Resources Board Shoreside Power Workshop Presentations (see 11/9/04 meeting information)
• European Entec August 2005 Shoreside Power Study
• Port of Los Angeles Alternative Maritime Power Study
• Port of Long Beach Cold Ironing Cost Effectiveness Study
• Port of San Francisco Cruise Ship Shoreside Power Feasibility
• Juneau Shoreside Power
• Environmental Position Paper on Shore Power
  

Fuel Information

• CombustAll Study - Red Dog Mine, Alaska
• CombustAll Study - Port of Vancouver
• EPA Highway Diesel Fuel 2004 Pre-Compliance Report
• EPA Marine Emission Standards
• Haagen-Smit Symposium BP Prospects for Cleaner Fuel
• Haagen-Smit Symposium DNV Petroleum Services Marine Fuel Prospects 
• Haagen-Smit Symposium SEATT Prospects for Cleaner Fuel

Management Options and Informational Documents

• United States Maritime Administration: Vessel Operation Engine Emissions Measurement Guide, Final Report
• Southern California Economic Impact Study
• American Lung Association: State of the Air 2006
• Controlling Air Emissions from Marine Vessels: Problems and Opportunities
• California Air Resources Board Draft Emission Reduction Plan for Ports and International Goods Movement  (December 1, 2005)
• Puget Sound Maritime Air Forum Diesel Solutions Workshop materials (November 15, 2005)
• California Goods Movement Action Plan (GMAP)
• NRDC Report Harboring Pollution
• Environmental Defense Report Smog Alert
• Union of Concerned Scientists Report
• Bluewater Network Report, Stacked Deck
  
• AAPA - EMS for Ports
• EPA - Ports EMS Case
• EPA White Paper #1 - General Conformity Determinations for Port Projects (DOC)
• EPA White Paper #4 - Port Involvement in Transportation and Air Quality Planning (TIP and SIP) (DOC)
• Environment Canada (BMT) Management Options for Marine Air Emission Report
• Haagen-Smit Symposium Clean Air Task Force Perspective on International Shipping
• Haagen-Smit Symposium European Perspective on International Shipping
• Friends of the Earth Air Pollution from Shipping Emissions - Public Health and Community Impacts (DOC)
• Georgia Basin Marine Vessel Air Quality Work Group Terms of Reference (DOC)
• Los Angeles No Net Increase Strategy, March 2005 Draft 

News

• Port of Long Beach: Clean Air Measures Cut Port-related Pollution
• Clean-trucks Fee Is Delayed Again
• New ‘Bonnet’ Technology Captures Ship Emissions
• ARB to Discontinue Enforcement of the Ocean-going Vessel Auxiliary Diesel Engine Regulation
• Mexico Plans Big Splash With New Baja Port
• Shipping, Emissions 'at a Crossroads' Says Nastri
• Canadian Ports Magazine Collaborative Article
• ILWU and Mayor of L.A. New York Times Article
• Scrubber Collaboration Scoops Cruise Award
• U.S. Ports Advocate for Reducing Emissions from Ships
• Port Authority of NY/NJ and Port of Rotterdam Authority Sign Agreement to Work Cooperatively Through U.S. EPA on Environmental Initiatives
• Watch the KQED Segment on Oakland Port's Trucks, ‘Perilous Diesel'
• Rally Supports the Clean Trucks Plan. L.B.: Program Would Make Companies Responsible for Drivers, Maintaining Trucks
• Truck Rules to Improve Health. Clean-burning Trucks, Employee Drivers Would Lower Health-related Costs
• Port of Oakland Truck Tracker Goes Live
• Ports Extend Clean Trucks Program Schedule
• Shipping Association Hails EPA Support for International Emissions Standards
• First 20 LNG Heavy Duty Trucks to Deploy at Los Angeles Ports
• Port Dedicates $65 million Terminal Island Roadway
• Port of Long Beach and Yantian Terminals Sign “Green” Pact
• Ports Plan Strategies to Reduce Maritime Emissions
• Three PNW Ports Join Forces to Reduce Maritime Air Emissions
• ICCT Releases Report on Ocean-Going Vessels
• Port of Oakland Will Seek $600 Million From Passage of California Proposition 1B

Related Links

Ports

• Diesel Technology Forum
• American Association of Port Authorities
• Port of Long Beach
• Port of Los Angeles
• Port of Oakland
• Port of Portland
• Port of San Francisco
• Port of Seattle
• Port of Tacoma
• Port of Vancouver
• Port of Houston
• Port of NY-NJ

EPA

• EPA Voluntary Diesel Retrofit Program
• EPA National Clean Diesel Campaign

Other

• Shipping Emissions Abatement and Trading
• San Pedro Bay Clean Air Action Plan
• SustainableShipping
• BunkerWorld
• Pacific Merchant Shipping Association
• Puget Sound Maritime Air Forum
• Puget Sound Clean Air Agency
• CA Air Resources Board: Commercial Marine Vessels
• Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency (DSIRE)
• Western States Petroleum Association