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Updated: 07/29/2010 05:38:28 PM PDT - Dailybreeze.com
Five maritime and cargo companies serving the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were recognized Thursday for helping improve air quality in the San Pedro Bay.
Winners of the ports' third annual Clean Air Action Plan Air Quality Awards were recognized for voluntarily complying with efforts to reduce port emissions.
The program was created to recognize companies that help meet the ports' joint Clean Air Action Plan, which was adopted in 2006 to reduce emissions from ships, trucks, trains and other equipment used for port operations.
"It's this kind of forward thinking that has helped our ports significantly reduce air emissions, modernize facilities and cultivate new technologies that help ensure good jobs and a brighter future for millions of people," said Geraldine Knatz, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles.
California Cartage Co., one of the nation's largest drayage trucking companies serving the twin ports, received the "Air Quality Leadership at the Corporate Level" award for operating nearly half its truck fleet on liquefied natural gas rather than diesel fuel, while upgrading the rest of its big rigs.
Matson Navigation Company: Matson, a marine terminal operator at the Port of Long Beach, also received the "Air Quality Leadership at the Corporate Level" award for voluntarily retrofitting one of its ships to plug into shore-side electrical power while berthed, along with meeting other "green" goals.
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