Sustainability Momentum Sdn Bhd

The Port of Long Beach, California has become the first port in the world to require container fleets that dock at its major ports to shut off their diesel engines and use electricity for 50 percent of their visits. This move has been estimated to cut 41 percent of a ship emission while they are at berth or equivalent to taking 33,000 cars off the roads. One of the challenges that shipping companies will face though is the installation of the plug-in locations which would be difficult for older ships as they have to find room for the equipment and put in a lot of wiring.