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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