Happy Tuesday!
Congratulations to Port Houston
on being awarded federal money for the CLEANSTACS Program!
Did anyone
happen to read The Houston Chronicle on April 27, 2024, their article titled,
“Port Houston to get 30 electric trucks as part of federal program”? In the article, it goes on to speak in regard
to the $26.9 million of federal money awarded to Port Houston from the Reduction of Truck
Emissions at Port Facilities Grant Program from the U. S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). FHWA announced
last week roughly 16 recipients from 11 states and U.S. territories being recipients
of these grants in their first round of funding totaling $148 million. The grants were for Port facilities to clean
up emissions, use clean energy, as well as train the future workforce.
Port
Houston proposed their CLEANSTACS (Catalyzing Lower Emissions with
Alliances and New Systems in Trucking and Community Sustainability) Program which
is their plan to get to their goal of carbon neutral by 2050 and be a better
neighbor and/or employer to their workers and the community which surrounds the
port. Port Houston is planning on
using $25.1 million to buy 30 ZE short-haul trucks, 15 anti-idling devices for
their existing fleet, and as well as conducting a regional truck study. In addition, Port Houston’s project
will be pairing up with the community colleges in the area to create three
mechanic training courses to work on ZE trucks.
The remaining money will be used in making improvements on Jacintoport
International, LLC’s operational systems at its gates to reduce wait times. The money will be put to good use to help
improve air quality, traffic, and invest in future workers for Port Houston. If you would like to read more of The
Houston Chronicle’s article on Microsoft Start for free, please
click the link: Port Houston awarded $26.9 million, mostly for electric trucks for cargo yard(msn.com).
If you would
like more information about the awardees of the U.S. FHWA’s Reduction of Truck
Emissions at Port Facilities Grant; please click the link: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $150 Million in Grants to Help Reduce Truck AirPollution Near America’s Ports | FHWA (dot.gov).
If you would
like better details from Port Houston on their CLEANSTACS Program;
please click the link: Port-Houston-Nearly-27M-Federal-Grant-Award_-New-Clean-Truck-Program-_-Final-002.pdf(porthouston.com).
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Don’t forget ITLA’s
Conference and Trade Show is coming up next week (May 6 – 8, 2024)
in Houston, Texas. If you would like more information, please click the link: ILTA2024.
We hope to see you there!
We hope you have a wonderful evening and a great rest of
your week! See you tomorrow for another
interesting read!
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