Ports Accelerate Zero-Emissions Truck Efforts

PORTS OF LA and LB — Effective April 1, 2022, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will begin collecting Clean Truck Fund or CTF Rates to help speed the transition to zero-emissions trucks serving both port complexes. The action was unanimously approved Nov. 4 and Nov. 8 by the Los Angeles and Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners, respectively.

Revenues will exclusively fund zero-emissions trucks and associated infrastructure to further the port’s goal of eliminating emissions from all trucks calling at the port by 2035. The approved CTF Rate of $10 per twenty-foot equivalent unit or TEU hauled by non-exempt trucks was jointly set by the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in March 2020.

Additionally, to get a head start on funding the deployment of zero emissions trucks, POLA will soon seek proposals from local drayage companies partnering with truck manufacturers to deploy 10 zero-emissions short-haul drayage trucks that call at marine terminals and operate within a short distance (e.g., trucks operating in an approximate 25-miles radius) of the ports. A competitive process will be used to select one team for a $3 million grant toward the grantee’s truck and infrastructure costs.

The Port of Long Beach reported the Clean Truck Fund rate is expected to generate $90 million in the first year, or $45 million per port. As part of the Nov. 8 action, the board approved an initial funding prioritization for both lownitrogen oxides and zero-emissions trucks, with at least 10% of the funds to be provided to zeroemissions trucks.