{"id":381121,"date":"2026-06-30T20:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/381121\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T20:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:20:10","slug":"port-state-officials-announce-progress-on-383-million-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/381121\/","title":{"rendered":"Port, State Officials Announce Progress on $383 Million Investment –"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Polb<\/a>Photo courtesy of POLB. <\/p>\n

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California State Transportation Agency or CalSTA Secretary Toks Omishakin visited the Port of Long Beach June 29 to see how a record-setting state grant from California\u2019s Port and Freight Infrastructure Program<\/a> is being put into action to support more than 22,000 jobs, reduce emissions and build a modern, sustainable supply chain at the port.<\/p>\n

Omishakin, along with officials from the port, state and ILWU Locals 13, 63 and 94 gathered at SSA Terminals\u2019 Pier C facility, a joint venture between SSA Marine and Matson, to celebrate the acquisition of 15 zero-emission, human-operated, American-made yard tractors, associated charging infrastructure and a tugboat repowered to a low-emission engine. The equipment was acquired with help from the Port of Long Beach\u2019s System-Wide Investment in Freight Transport, or SWIFT program.<\/p>\n

SWIFT is funded by CalSTA\u2019s historic, $1.3 billion port and freight infrastructure program or PFIP, championed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and approved by the state Legislature in response to pandemic-era supply chain disruptions. In 2023, the port received a record $383 million in PFIP grant funding to supercharge multiple zero-emissions projects. The PFIP grant also included more than $158 million to advance the port\u2019s rail support facility at Pier B, which will shift more cargo from trucks to on-dock rail.<\/p>\n

The Port of Long Beach reported, in addition to creating thousands of jobs, the funding will advance projects eliminating more than 12% of all carbon dioxide emissions and more than 5% of nitrogen oxide emissions associated with port-related operations annually by 2028.<\/p>\n

More than $200 million in PFIP funding funneled through SWIFT is being used for human-operated, zero-emission cargo-handling equipment, charging infrastructure, low-emission harbor craft and shore power expansions. The new, battery-electric, human-operated yard tractors at Pier C were made by Orange EV in Kansas City, Kansas. The vehicles are part of $37.8 million in awards for zero-emissions cargo-handling equipment at Pier C under the SWIFT program. Next year, SSA Terminals is expected to add nine battery electric top handlers and associated infrastructure at Pier C as part of an additional $28.8 million project.<\/p>\n

Last week, the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners authorized $58.2 million in additional SWIFT funding<\/a> to purchase additional zero-emissions human-operated cargo-handling equipment, cleaner harbor craft and a zero-emissions locomotive.<\/p>\n

The award will allow tenants and operators to acquire 61 zero-emissions human-operated cargo-handling equipment units along with 21 charging units, deploy six zero-emissions harbor craft and five cleaner harbor craft that displace older diesel engines, and advance one zero-emissions locomotive. The Port of Long Beach \u2013 with 21% of its cargo-handling fleet zero-emissions, has one of the largest such fleets in the nation.<\/p>\n

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