{"id":352499,"date":"2026-06-09T02:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T02:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/352499\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T02:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T02:40:11","slug":"port-of-long-beach-partners-to-develop-green-truck-corridor-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/352499\/","title":{"rendered":"Port of Long Beach, partners to develop \u2018Green Truck Corridor\u2019 in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Port of Long Beach, Calif., has joined with two partners to develop the world\u2019s first port-powered Green Truck Corridor, connecting Long Beach with California\u2019s Central Valley, one of the nation\u2019s busiest truck routes for global trade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Port CEO Dr. Noel Hacegaba recently joined Jose Cardenas, CEO of Lincoln Transportation Services, and Joe Vargas, president of Wonderful Real Estate Development, to sign a memorandum of understanding supporting the development of the Green Truck Corridor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.trucknews.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/long-beach-trucks.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/long-beach-trucks-1024x679.jpg\" alt=\"Trucks enter the Port of Long Beach.\" class=\"wp-image-1003216294\"  \/><\/a>Trucks wait to enter the Port of Long Beach. (Photo: iStock)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, more than 300,000 TEUs of imports and exports flow annually between the San Pedro Bay ports complex in Southern California and the southern Central Valley, a major agricultural center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Wonderful Logistics Center is a 2,000-acre logistics center located along the BNSF Railway main line in Shafter, about 150 miles from the Port of Long Beach. WLC provides an inland connection between California\u2019s ports and businesses across the western United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lincoln will serve as the corridor\u2019s inaugural lead truck ambassador. The company, which has ordered 300 Tesla Semi electric trucks, expects its first 50 to 70 trucks to arrive in June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MOU outlines a framework for collaboration and future development, reflecting a shared, early-stage effort to advance a more coordinated model for goods movement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis innovative partnership builds on our work to decarbonize the trans-Pacific through our pioneering green shipping corridors by making the inland supply chain more efficient and sustainable,\u201d Hacegaba said. \u201cWe are creating a cleaner supply chain as we keep the American economy moving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hacegaba first announced plans to establish the Port\u2019s first Green Truck Corridor at his inaugural State of the Port Address in January. The corridor is part of the Port of Long Beach\u2019s broader efforts to become the world\u2019s first zero-emissions seaport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Port of Long Beach, Calif., has joined with two partners to develop the world\u2019s first port-powered Green&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-352499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}