The governing boards of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach approved the 2017 Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) update, ushering in a new era of aggressive clean air strategies for moving cargo through what is said to be the nation’s busiest container port complex.

Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (TMNA), Plano, Texas, revealed Project Portal, a hydrogen fuel cell system designed for heavy duty truck use at the Port of Los Angeles.

Aggressively deploying zero and near-zero emission trucks and cargo-handling equipment and expanding programs that reduce ship emissions are among the core strategies the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are proposing for the next version of San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP).

The International Longshore Workers Union, San Francisco, and the Pacific Maritime Association, also based in San Francisco, heeded a call to resolve the labor dispute at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

Refrigerated & Frozen Foods talks exclusively with Barb Maynard, national communications director for the Justice for Port Drivers, to discuss why the truck drivers are on strike and how it impacts the cold food industry.