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26 February 2014 www.cargobusinessnews.com The shIPPInG enVIrOnMenT porT NewS porT NewS ilwu SAYS TermiNAl operATor icTSi will beNefiT from porT of porTlANd coNTAiNer SubSidieS In order to keep the business of Hanjin Shipping and other container l i n e s , t h e P o r t o f P o r t l a n d i s incentivizing container terminal use, and ILWU officials say ICTSI shouldn't be getting public subsidies. Port commissioners are scheduled to vote at their monthly meeting Wednesday on $20-per-TEU incentive payments to help persuade Hanjin Shipping Co. to continue calling on Portland. The payments, $4 million in all, would go to Hanjin and other shipping lines, not to terminal operator ICTSI O r e g o n I n c . B u t I n t e r n a t i o n a l Longshore and Warehouse Union officials, locked in conflict with ICTSI, see the payments as indirect subsidies of the Terminal 6 operator. Once they receive the subsidies, union officials argue, shipping lines will be able to afford higher terminal rates that ICTSI aims to charge them. For more of the Oregon Live story: oregonlive.com p o r T o f l o N g b e A c h N A m e S N e w eNviroNmeNTAl plANNiNg direcTor T h e L o n g B e a c h B o a r d o f H a r b o r Commissioners this week appointed Heather Tomley as the new director of environmental planning in charge of the Green Port environmental initiatives, according to a port statement. As director of environmental planning, she will lead the division most directly responsible for the Port's signature environmental programs: the Green Port Policy and the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan. The division coordinates programs to improve air, water and soil quality, preserve wildlife habitat and integrate sustainability into port practices. Tomley has served as the City of Long Beach Harbor Department's acting director of environmental planning since July 2013. She originally joined the Harbor Department as an environmental planning associate in 2005, was promoted to environmental specialist and then senior environmental specialist in 2006 and assistant director in 2008. Currently on leave, she is scheduled to return March 17 to her new role. "Heather Tomley's work in the Environmental Planning Division has been instrumental to the greening of the Port. We are confident she will continue to ensure that the Port of Long Beach is a world-leading environmental steward in the industry," said Harbor Commission President Doug Drummond. porT of loS ANgeleS plugS iN New cleAN Air regulATioNS The Port of Los Angeles is ready for its terminal operators and shipping lines to meet California's 2014 clean air requirements, providing more berths equipped with shore-side electric power that any other port in the world, according to a port statement. The port said it invested approximately $180 million over ten years to equip 25 container and cruise berths with the shore-side power infrastructure. Ships that are outfitted to connect to AMP can now hook up at all eight Los Angeles marine container terminals and the cruise center. "The Port developed and invested heavily in Alternative Maritime Power™ ahead of the regulations to bring the tremendous environmental benefits of shore-side power to our region," said Gary Lee Moore, interim executive director of the L.A. port. "A great deal of credit goes to our industry and regulatory partners for working closely with us over the past decade to put us into the position we are today in terms of our shore-side power deployment capacities." Effective January 1, 2014, a new California regulation has set shore-side power plug- in requirements for fleets of container, reefer and cruise ships. Under the new rules, at least fifty percent of fleet vessel calls must shut down their auxiliary engines and run their vital onboard systems via shore-side power. The regulation also requires that each fleet reduce its total at-berth emissions generation by at least fifty percent. The requirements will rise to eighty percent by 2020, the statement said.