NEWARK, NJ-- Members of The Coalition for Responsible Transportation (CRT) joined the leadership of the Port of New York and New Jersey at a press conference to announce CRT's strong support for the Port's adoption of an aggressive emission reduction program requiring the retirement of high-polluting trucks serving Port facilities.
CRT is a national organization of leading importers, exporters, trucking companies and ocean carriers who represent the largest and most progressive customers and service providers at our nation's ports. CRT member companies are committed to responsible stewardship of the environment and to taking leadership roles within their respective industries in the development of transportation related environmental initiatives.
When the Port announced plans to develop its Truck Emission Reduction Program (TERP), CRT began working collaboratively with the Port to support the adoption of hard targets for emission reductions to minimize health risks from diesel pollution. CRT also worked with the Port to generate support from shippers and their providers to privately fund the replacement and retirement of older, more polluting trucks at our nation's ports with clean trucks based on the CRT clean truck financing model.
"We are very grateful for the CRT's support for our Truck Replacement and Phase Out Plans," said Port Commerce Director Rick Larrabee. "The CRT financing model achieved great success in helping truckers acquire new vehicles to meet the requirements of the Clean Truck Plans in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. We have been in contact with the CRT throughout the development of our own truck plan, and we look forward to their financing model achieving similar success at the Port of New York and New Jersey."
The dirty truck ban announced by the Port will have the dual benefit of reducing air quality impacts on human health and the environment from diesel particulate emissions while also reducing maritime-related contribution to greenhouse gas emissions like nitrogen oxide (NOx) that are associated with climate change.
It is important to note that the TERP was developed in coordination with both industry and community, and recognizes the urgent need to take aggressive steps towards improving the air quality from maritime activities at the Port.
Just as importantly, the TERP also recognizes the need for New York and New Jersey to remain an economically attractive gateway for maritime trade in order to attract the needed private sector investment to deploy the clean equipment that will be needed to reach the TERP's emission reduction goals.
Now that the Port has adopted its Truck Emission Reduction Program, CRT and its members look forward to continuing to work with the port to demonstrate our full commitment to meeting the air quality goals that have been adopted by the Port.
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