I went to the California Maritime Leadership symposium. 17th year they have met. The California Maritime Leadership Symposium is a conference
focused on all modes of California’s maritime transportation system – ports,
vessels, highway and rail – and the intricacies, challenges and realities of
maintaining and growing a viable, healthy and dynamic maritime economy in the
21st century. Here were some observations:
Plans
a. Sustainable Action Plan
b. Sustainable Freight Plan.
c. Freight Mobility Plan
d. Plan of Reduction of carbon footprint
e.
Plan for
Creation Green Gates vs Dirty truck fee plan
Facts
a. Walmart is focused on
science based goals and have doubled their efficiency in recent years. “Faster, Reliable and safe.” “Volume hides
sins.”
b. "0” emissions
is goal for most.
c. By 2030 Los Angeles
wants 100 “0” emission vehicles.
d. Oakland is open until
3 in morning and exports represent 53% of business and 47% import.
e. Need to use
Foreign Trade Zones and build in USA.
f. Redwood City getting ferries.
g. Port of Hueneme
imports 80 million bananas.
h. China not using clean energy still relying
on Coal.
Bottlenecks
a. Trucks moving
without loads.
b. Xmas trees being
delivered in July
c. Volume
hide
d. SO Cal Ports
need more open hours.
e. Pile ups at
gates
f. Short Sea
Shipping failed in test run in Stockton
g. Dirty Trucks
waiting outside ports to haul
h. Technology
there. No Money. Cost Prohibitive.
i. No
consistent universal electrical plug ins
j. Distribution
centers don’t always agree with Truck hours
3 comments:
So what did you get out of it and where did this take place?
Anything to help the port of Eureka?
The Symposium was in Sacramento. They have these every two years and it is a good place to talk to other ports about their issues. All Ports have dredging issues and emission compliance goals. I was able to network with people that can help our port in the future. But in any case, I just was reporting out so the notes I took weren't totally wasted.
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