{"id":375685,"date":"2026-06-26T10:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T10:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/375685\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T10:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T10:47:09","slug":"zero-emission-equipment-gets-58-2m-port-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/375685\/","title":{"rendered":"Zero-emission equipment gets $58.2M port funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Author:<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/oleksandr-batrak-558259112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><br \/>\n        Batrak Oleksandr<br \/>\n    <\/a><br \/>\n    \u2014 Editor-in-Chief at Railway Supply<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-date mb-4\">26.06.2026 <\/p>\n<p>Zero-emission equipment will be purchased and deployed at the Port of Long Beach under a $58.2 million approval covering cargo equipment, cleaner harbor craft and a zero-emission locomotive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway.supply\/zero-emission-equipment-funded-at-port-of-long-beach\/img_3153\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-182551 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-182551 size-full\" title=\"Port of Long Beach clean air equipment\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img_3153.webp\" alt=\"Port of Long Beach clean air equipment and container terminal\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"  \/><\/a>Official Port of Long Beach image related to clean air and zero-emissions cargo-handling equipment. Photo: Port of Long Beach<br \/>\nZero-emission equipment under the SWIFT initiative<\/p>\n<p>The funding falls under the port\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/polb.com\/port-info\/news-and-press\/port-of-long-beach-approves-58-million-for-clean-technology-06-24-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">System-Wide Investment in Freight Transport<\/a>\u2060, or SWIFT, initiative. Port officials said in a press release that the programme is partly backed by the California State Transportation Agency and is intended to support modernization, make freight movement more efficient and reduce environmental impacts on nearby communities.<\/p>\n<p>Port tenants and operators will use the money for several types of cleaner transport equipment. The planned purchases include 61 zero-emission, human-operated cargo-handling units and 21 chargers for that equipment. The programme also covers six zero-emission harbor craft and five cleaner harbor craft to replace older diesel engines, along with the acquisition of a zero-emission locomotive.<\/p>\n<p>Port of Long Beach clean technology plans<\/p>\n<p>POLB CEO Noel Hacegaba said the clean technology expansion is tied to both goods movement and community health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExpanding our clean technology portfolio is critical to the future of goods movement and to the health of the communities around us,\u201d said POLB CEO Noel Hacegaba. \u201cWe are not waiting for the future to arrive; we are shaping it and leading the way by deploying the latest zero-emission equipment to make a difference today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway.supply\/zero-emission-equipment-funded-at-port-of-long-beach\/img_3154\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-182554 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-182554 size-full\" title=\"Port of Long Beach container terminals\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img_3154.webp\" alt=\"Aerial view of Port of Long Beach container terminals\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"  \/><\/a>Illustrative aerial view of the Port of Long Beach container terminals. Photo: James R. Tourtellotte \/ CBP \/ Public domain<\/p>\n<p>The SWIFT initiative gives the Port of Long Beach a broader framework for clean freight investment beyond this equipment purchase. CalSTA\u2019s Port and Freight Infrastructure Program materials describe SWIFT as covering the port\u2019s goods movement logistics chain, while earlier POLB funding under the same initiative also supported cleaner cargo-handling equipment and harbor craft. This places the $58.2 million approval within a wider state-backed effort to modernize freight operations and reduce environmental impacts around port activity.<\/p>\n<p>The Port of Long Beach is served by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anacostia.com\/our-companies\/phl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pacific Harbor Line<\/a>\u2060, which provides interchange connections with BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Batrak Oleksandr \u2014 Editor-in-Chief at Railway Supply 26.06.2026 Zero-emission equipment will be purchased and deployed at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132,136060,112643,141032],"class_list":["post-375685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-port-infrastructure","tag-rail-transportation-in-the-united-states","tag-railway-freight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375685","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=375685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}