More Focus on Reducing Shipping Emissions

Over the past ten years, California has been leading the country with measures to reduce emissions from on-road trucks and cars. California now will be focusing efforts on reducing emissions from ships at port and in the harbors. Port officials have considered anti-idling measures, alternate fuels, reducing speeds and increasing shore power capabilities to reduce vessel emissions. The process of using shore power is called "cold-ironing" Cold-ironing is mainly used by the navy for routine engine maintenance fuel use reduction.

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Counrty emissions are down, but large ships could reversre that trend.