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New Port Environmental Projects Highlight Earth Day 2017

To mark this weekend’s celebration of Earth Day 2017, the Port Authority today announced two new environmental initiatives to supplement several existing programs to further reduce emissions and improve air quality around the Port of New York and New Jersey. Under one initiative, the agency will launch a demonstration project with GCT New York and APM Terminals to retrofit two yard tractors for each facility with auto stop-start hybrid technology. Yard tractors account for the largest number of on-terminal vehicles in the port and contribute to 33 percent of all cargo-handling equipment emissions. The Port Authority will reimburse each terminal up to $72,000 for theRead More →

2017-04-20
On: April 20, 2017
In: Environmental Initiatives
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