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Investing in sustainable solutions that protect our air and harbours are good business practices, according to Port of Seattle CEO Tay Yoshitani. During the ports summit in San Diego this month Yoshitani was joined by US port directors and transportation secretary Ray LaHood to discuss the urgent need for investment in the transportation infrastructure to ensure safe, clean, and efficient port operations. This is the first time that a US Transportation Secretary has met with leaders of the country’s major ports.
The ports have also been exploring ways to raise awareness over a need for government grants to help mitigate ship emissions. “We need to work with our congressional delegation. The funding is there. We have an education job to do to make the DOE aware of the opportunity at the ports,” Dennis McLerran from the Puget Sound Clean Air District told Sustainable Shipping.