'This technology will not only support the Port of Long Beach in reducing emissions but for ports around the world,' he said. 'The significance of this $2 million contract allows the Port of Long Beach to effectively reduce port pollution in half by supporting a technology that will capture all the emissions out of a ship,' local newspaper Press-Telegram quoted Dines as saying. Cameron, Director of Environmental Planning, said could take 6 to 12 months to complete depending on the participation levels by the vessels. Phase 2 of the project aims to see 1000 hours of the system in use hooked up to vessels, which Richard D. This technology will not only support the Port of Long Beach in reducing emissions but for ports around the world Rich Dines, Harbour Commissioner, Long Beach The first phase of the demonstration project covering equipment installation and a 'fit test' for the bonnet is expected to take 60 days. 'We'll be testing all vessel classes,' he added. 'The idea is that any vessel, any size can come to the port of Long Beach and at any time we can capture those emissions,' said ACTI spokesperson Ruben Garcia, who was at Monday's meeting. However the AMECS technology, in theory, will be able to be used by every vessel that calls on the port.

'One of the limitations of cold ironing is that the ships that plug in have to be able to be plugged in, they have to be retrofitted or built to be plugged in,' said Harbour Commissioner Rich Dines. (ACTI) is an at-berth, barge based system.ĪCTI say it works by first sealing a 'bonnet' over the exhaust stack of the ship, and then vacuuming ship-generated emissions through a duct to a barge mounted Emission Treatment System (ETS) where 95-99 percent of pollutants, including Nitrogen Oxide, Sulfur Oxides, and Particulate Matter, are removed. The Advanced Maritime Emissions Control System (AMECS) by Advanced Cleanup Technologies, Inc. The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Monday approved $2,065,000 in funding for the demonstration of a 'sock on a stack' emissions control system that could potentially allow every vessel calling at the port to virtually eliminate its at berth emissions, helping cut pollution at the port by half.

The AMECS system's bonnet placed over the exhaust stack of a ship.

Exhaust stack socks