The Port of New York and New Jersey on Thursday was awarded three grants totaling nearly $11 million to implement clean air programs at the port.
A $7 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will help launch a $28 million program to replace pre-1994 trucks serving the port. The EPA grant money and an additional $21 million incentive fund from The Port Authority of NY & NJ will enable truck owners serving the port to replace their pre-1994 trucks with newer cleaner burning, less polluting vehicles.
The program provides funding to replace an estimated 636 pre-1994 truck models with newer vehicles, resulting in a reduction of approximately 118 tons of NOx, 14 tons of fine particulate matter, and 1,675 tons of greenhouse gases per year.
In addition to the truck program grant, the Port Authority received $2.8 million from the Environmental Protection Agency to support the installation of a shore power system at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. The Brooklyn facility would be the first on the East Coast to provide shore power for docked vessels.
This program is expected to reduce emissions from berthed cruise ships by 95.3 tons of NOx, 6.5 tons of fine particulate matter, and 1,487 tons of greenhouse gases each year
The grant will help provide the infrastructure required for ships to connect to the landside electrical grid instead of running their onboard diesel engines. Carnival Cruise Lines has committed to reconfiguring two cruise vessels that frequently call at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal with the capability to receive shore power, at an estimated cost of $2 million.
A $1.8 million North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority grant will allow the authority to retrofit two diesel switcher locomotive engines with ultra-low emitting locomotive technology. Total project costs are estimated at $3 million with the remaining costs shared by the Port Authority ($600,000), CSX ($300,000), and Norfolk Southern ($300,000) who have each agreed to retrofit one engine.
The program is expected to return emissions reductions of 185.7 tons of NOx, 4.73 tons of fine particulate matter, 14 tons of volatile organic compounds and 1,935 tons of greenhouse gases over five years.
A $7 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will help launch a $28 million program to replace pre-1994 trucks serving the port. The EPA grant money and an additional $21 million incentive fund from The Port Authority of NY & NJ will enable truck owners serving the port to replace their pre-1994 trucks with newer cleaner burning, less polluting vehicles.
The program provides funding to replace an estimated 636 pre-1994 truck models with newer vehicles, resulting in a reduction of approximately 118 tons of NOx, 14 tons of fine particulate matter, and 1,675 tons of greenhouse gases per year.
In addition to the truck program grant, the Port Authority received $2.8 million from the Environmental Protection Agency to support the installation of a shore power system at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. The Brooklyn facility would be the first on the East Coast to provide shore power for docked vessels.
This program is expected to reduce emissions from berthed cruise ships by 95.3 tons of NOx, 6.5 tons of fine particulate matter, and 1,487 tons of greenhouse gases each year
The grant will help provide the infrastructure required for ships to connect to the landside electrical grid instead of running their onboard diesel engines. Carnival Cruise Lines has committed to reconfiguring two cruise vessels that frequently call at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal with the capability to receive shore power, at an estimated cost of $2 million.
A $1.8 million North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority grant will allow the authority to retrofit two diesel switcher locomotive engines with ultra-low emitting locomotive technology. Total project costs are estimated at $3 million with the remaining costs shared by the Port Authority ($600,000), CSX ($300,000), and Norfolk Southern ($300,000) who have each agreed to retrofit one engine.
The program is expected to return emissions reductions of 185.7 tons of NOx, 4.73 tons of fine particulate matter, 14 tons of volatile organic compounds and 1,935 tons of greenhouse gases over five years.