David Porter’s Post

Shame on my fellow Shippers for not asking about green trucking solutions. I ask about this at every QBR and you should also. What I often hear back is that there are no solutions available, or carbon-offsets can be purchased. I don't want an offset; I want a real carbon reduction. We are a long way away from getting electrified trucks in many places other than port drayage or light duty last mile deliveries. Truckers could start offering renewable diesel, for example, as a bridging solution to get us to zero emissions. When will the industry start offering real alternatives?

The Biden administration’s green energy mandates on trucking impose unrealistic burdens on small business truckers, risking livelihoods and threatening the backbone of America’s supply chain. Ignoring practical realities like the high costs of transitioning to electric vehicles and inadequate charging infrastructure, these regulations could lead to a significant loss of independent truckers. A more thoughtful approach is needed, one that balances environmental goals with the economic realities of those who keep America moving. #TruckersKeepAmericaMoving #truckers #SaveSmallBusinessTruckers #InfrastructureFirst #ProtectOurTruckers

The recent legal battle against California's Advanced Clean Fleets rule highlights a critical junction in the shipping and logistics industry, with significant implications for sustainability and environmental policy. Seventeen states have filed a lawsuit to block the rule, which mandates a transition to zero-emission trucks, aiming to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from freight transport. This legal challenge brings to the forefront the tension between regulatory efforts to combat climate change and the operational realities faced by the trucking industry. California’s Advanced Clean Fleets rule is ambitious, aiming to phase out diesel trucks and replace them with electric and hydrogen-powered alternatives. The goal is to achieve a cleaner, greener freight transport system that significantly reduces pollution and improves air quality, particularly in disadvantaged communities often disproportionately affected by transportation emissions. For the shipping industry, the adoption of zero-emission trucks represents a seismic shift. Traditional diesel-powered fleets are deeply entrenched in the logistics infrastructure, and transitioning to electric or hydrogen vehicles poses substantial challenges, including high upfront costs, infrastructure readiness, and technological maturity. However, the long-term benefits of such a transition are undeniable. From a sustainability perspective, the shift to zero-emission trucks is crucial. The transportation sector is one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. Reducing these emissions through cleaner technologies is vital for meeting global climate targets and ensuring a healthier environment. By pushing for zero-emission vehicles, California is setting a precedent that could drive nationwide changes in how goods are transported. Concerns abound and include the economic impact on trucking companies, especially smaller operators, the readiness of charging infrastructure, and the overall feasibility of such rapid changes. These states argue that the rule imposes undue burdens on the industry, potentially leading to increased costs and operational challenges. However, the pushback also highlights the need for collaborative solutions. Policymakers, industry leaders, and stakeholders must work together to create a feasible pathway for this transition. This could include incentives for early adopters, investments in charging infrastructure, and support for research and development in zero-emission technologies. For the shipping industry, embracing this change can lead to long-term gains. Cleaner fleets can reduce operational costs associated with fuel and maintenance, improve public health, and enhance corporate sustainability profiles. Also, as consumer demand for environmentally responsible practices grows, companies that lead in sustainability are likely to gain a competitive edge. Your thoughts? #ElectricVehicles #SustainableShipping #ZeroEmissions

The plan would help companies meet sustainability targets and reduce Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions tied to transporting goods in the U.S., where more than 70% of freight is carried by trucks. The transportation sector is responsible for about 29% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, with more than a fifth of that coming from medium- and heavy-duty trucks. Yet shipping’s historic reliance on petroleum-based fuels has made reducing those emissions a challenge. Did you do the math? While trucking transports more than 70% of the nations freight... it generates just 29% of the total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions... and just a fifth (20%) is generated by medium and heavy duty trucks. That's 20% of 29% of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions! By my calculations that's 5.8% of the total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. And the plan doesn't address the entire 5.8%... "some 12,000 miles of roadways would be prioritized between 2024 and 2027, including Interstate 80 — which runs east-west across the contiguous U.S. from Teaneck, N.J., to San Francisco — as well as other highways cutting through California, Texas and Florida. Roads around key ports, such as those in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Long Beach, Calif., as well as in Houston, New York and Miami, also would be at the front of the line to get clean charging and fueling upgrades." If you don't operate in those areas... you're out of luck. This is government intelligence.

Hi Network, Happy Week ! Check out this exciting news about the Green Light for a Cleaner Transportation! Remember that our goal at #utblogistics is to optimize your ground transport operations to and from the port within each city. ------------------------------------- The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will provide $25 million for an ambitious partnership with regional air quality agencies to jump-start charging infrastructure for electric heavy-duty drayage trucks in one of the nation’s most populous regions.   The $135 million in projects led by the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee will install up to 207 charging units at eight sites around Southern California in Wilmington, Rancho Dominguez, Rialto, Fontana, Commerce and the Port of Long Beach. Contracting for the projects is being administered by the South Coast Air Quality Management District.   “We’re investing with our Clean Truck Fund to get both zero-emission (ZE) trucks and infrastructure on the street as quickly as possible,” said Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka. “In addition to funding charging stations, we’re partnering with the state of California to offer vouchers of up to $250,000 toward the purchase of a ZE heavy-duty truck. Every day, we’re making progress toward our goal of a zero emission port.”   In separate actions this week, the Los Angeles Harbor Commission and the Long Beach Harbor Commission each approved allocating $12.5 million from their respective Clean Truck Funds for the plan. The Clean Truck Fund Rate is a key component of the ports’ efforts to transition to a zero-emissions truck fleet by 2035, as established by the Clean Air Action Plan.   Rate collection began in April 2022 at $10 per twenty-foot equivalent unit or $20 per forty-foot equivalent unit. Exemptions from the rate are provided for loaded containers hauled by zero-emissions trucks, and under limited circumstances, by low-nitrogen oxide trucks. Through March 2024, the Port of Los Angeles collected about $78 million; the Port of Long Beach has collected almost $75 million. #SustainabilityProfessionals #GreenTransport #Logistics #Logistics #supplychainsolutions #transportation #shipping #supplychainmanagement #freight #logistics #cargo #business #supplychain #transport #logisticscompany #export #import #freightforwarding #manufacturing #freightforwarder #trucks #seafreight

The U.S. departments of Energy and Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency have designed a 16-year plan to deploy battery-charging and hydrogen-refueling stations for electric trucks.   The National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy is a four-phase plan that contemplates the country’s largest container ports and freight-heavy interstates.   On its first phase, it will first target local and regional return-to-base operations, first- and last-mile delivery, and port drayage, while gradually incorporating long-haul trucking in subsequent phases.     #alternativefuels #lowcarbonfuture #sustainablelogistics #greentransportation #trucking #landfreight #intermodal #truckingindustry   +52 (81) 8174 8000 www.crossdock.mx

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Interesting NYT article (gift link) about California's push to reduce pollution from diesel trucks, by focusing on the electrification of short hauls between ports and warehouses. Due to the relatively short trip distance between ports and nearby warehouses, which doesn't require recharging trucks mid-trip, there's a huge opportunity to reduce pollution through electrification of these trucks. However, the transition is just beginning — while a few larger companies are well on their way, it remains difficult for smaller companies to go electric, due to financial and infrastructural challenges.

A very honest perspective from the trucking industry. J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. President Shelley Simpson nails it. They like most logistics vendors are working on lowering their emissions to be better citizens in this echo system but there are costs associated, and shippers are not willing to accept the pass through, nor are states willing to pay for the costs of these mandates. She also notes that even if they converted their entire fleet to battery electric it would take the equivalent of 1.4 million homes to power the fleet. Not sure California is ready or able to do that as they move forward with the CARBSs ACT. The good work continues though, carbon reduction is necessary. #logistics #Batterytruck #trucking https://lnkd.in/gtMMiw6S

The European Clean Trucking Alliance welcomes the European Parliament's vote on the new #CO2standards for heavy-duty vehicles as an important step to transition towards #zeroemission #trucking. The position of the European Parliament includes notably CO2 reduction targets of -45% by 2030, -65% by 2035 and -90% by 2040 as well as the extension of the scope of the regulation to other categories of vehicles, such as vocational vehicles. Kristin Kahl, ECTA spokesperson and representative of the logistics company Contargo, says: “Ambitious CO2 standards are an effective tool to set the pace for the transition to zero-emission trucks as well as provide much needed certainty to companies operating in the freight and logistics sector to invest supported by sufficient infrastructure.” Read our press release here: https://bit.ly/47Nc2TT