Port of LA, Partners Team on Emission Reduction Projects

Port of LA, Partners Team on Emission Reduction Projects

The Port of Los Angeles is collaborating with ferry service Catalina Express and whale watching tour agency Harbor Breeze Cruises on a series of projects to test emission-reduction technology for specialized harbor craft. The project, made possible in part by a $31 million California Air Resources Board (CARB) grant, would demonstrate two harbor craft emission-reduction technologies and a comprehensive assessment of “next-generation, less-polluting harbor craft,” the port said Jan. 16. The Los Angeles Marine Emission Reduction (LA MER) project calls for designing, building and launching a passenger ferry running on Tier 4 engines and “potentially a CARB-verified, U.S. Coast Guard-approved…
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