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Global Greenship 2009
A U.S. Seaport Perspective on a United States-Canadian Emissions Control Area
Jean C. Godwin
Executive Vice President
American Association of Port Authorities
September 18, 2009
American Association of Port Authorities
703.684.5700 • www.aapa-ports.org
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AAPA Overview
• Hemispheric alliance of 160 port authorities
• Members include 300 related organizations
• Provides advocacy on key issues
• Promotes info sharing, education & training
Committed to keeping seaports
navigable/secure/sustainable
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Seaports Deliver Prosperity
• Western Hemisphere seaports
generate trillions of dollars of
business activity annually
• Directly/indirectly create new, high-
paying jobs that provide family-
sustaining wages for their nation’s
workers
• Serve as gateway to domestic,
international trade, connecting
businesses to global marketplace
For centuries, seaports have served as an
economic lifeline
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Seaports Deliver Environmental Stewardship
• AAPA members embrace sustainability
as a standard business practice,
balancing pursuit of economic prosperity
with natural resources protection
• Throughout the Western Hemisphere,
seaports are engaging in cutting-edge
programs & initiatives that protect water,
air & soil
Port authorities are committed to significantly reducing environmental impacts on their
surrounding communities and natural resources
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Infrastructure Challenges
Freight movement must be efficient, on land & water
Landside:
• Inside terminals, ports
investing in crane, wharf,
rail, gate & other
improvements
• Outside terminals, road,
rail, bridge, tunnel & other
improvements needed
Waterside:
• Ports removing sediments,
debris, submerged
obstacles from around
berths, docks
• In navigation channel,
ports partnering with
Corps to deepen/maintain
ship access, improve
turning basins
In U.S., freight movement often takes back seat to passenger traffic needs
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Environmental Challenges
Reducing & mitigating seaport impacts is good for business
Air Quality Efforts:
• Investing in hybrid vehicles &
cargo-handling equipment
• Using cleaner “alternative” fuels
• Electrification projects
• Purchasing part solar/wind
energy from utility providers
• Incentivizing carriers to reduce
speed & use lower sulfur fuel
• Filtering smokestack exhausts
Water Quality Efforts:
• Erosion control/tree planting
• Managing/treating ballast water
• Stormwater filtering & treatment
• Water conservation programs
• Pressure washing boat/ship
hulls to reduce invasive species
• Beneficial dredged materials
placement
• Use of “porous” asphalt
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Air Quality in Port Communities
• Emissions come from myriad
mobile sources … trucks, rail,
vessels, cargo-handling
equipment, harbor craft, others
• Sources are owned by marine
terminal operators, vessel &
rail companies, trucking lines
& others
• Communities don’t see these
delineations – they only see
“the port”
Port authorities don’t own all the emissions in a port
complex, but must respond to community concerns
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Reducing Air Emissions on Land
• AAPA encourages member ports to
use alternative fuels, cleaner
conventional fuels & emissions
control technologies
• Reduced idling = reduced emissions
• Full funding of DERA would help
ports further reduce emissions, in
non-attainment and attainment areas
Ports are implementing solutions to reduce air
emissions from land-based sources
Port of Long Beach executives showcase equipment to reduce marine terminal tractor exhausts
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Moving Beyond Land-Based Sources
• Land-based sources must meet stricter emissions standards on a regular basis
• As off-road and on-road sources get cleaner, their share of the pie shrinks
• Reducing emissions from mobile sources means can only “shrink the pie” so much –vessels must catch up
As more stringent regulations take effect and federal
funding reduces emissions from legacy engines, the
challenge of oceangoing vessel exhausts looms large
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AAPA Supports International Vessel Solutions
• Global itineraries of oceangoing vessels
present a global challenge
• An international vessel regime ensures
emissions won’t just shift, but will truly
be reduced
• International standards mean U.S. ports
and consumers won’t be at a competitive
disadvantage
While some argue that EPA should regulate vessels
under the Clean Air Act, AAPA favors an IMO approach
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Reducing Air Emissions on Water
• AAPA supports a North American ECA under MARPOL Annex VI
• Bi-national application ensures no ports will be competitively disadvantaged
• Size of U.S.-Canadian ECA creates huge new market for fuels and technology
• Some ports are using shore power as a solution
• Scrubbing or filtering technology may have wide application
A U.S.-Canadian Emissions Control Area will keep
ports on equal footing and achieve real benefits
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Many Ports, Same Vital Role
Seaports deliver prosperity through jobs, trade,security & environmental stewardship
• Ports are our lifeline with the
rest of the world
• They provide jobs, goods,
choices, security, more
• Properly nurtured, they will aid
in our economic recovery
American Association of Port Authorities
www.aapa-ports.org ● 703-684-5700