Since adoption of the landmark Green Port Policy by the Port of Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners in 2005, the Port of Long Beach (POLB) has continued to lead the industry on environmental initiatives. One…
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Port of Tacoma & Northwest Seaport Alliance – Environmental Action Plan
From the ports of Tacoma and Seattle emerges the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA), a transformative partnership supporting environmental stewardship. The Environmental Action Plan (EAP) guides the completion of our core environmental goals and commits to actions…
Port of Seattle – Duwamish River Community Hub
In 2019, near-port Duwamish Valley community members collaborated with Port of Seattle staff to write and establish Resolution 3767, the Duwamish Valley Community Benefits Commitment (CBC). To implement the policy, the Port established the Duwamish Valley…
Port of Seattle – Maritime Innovation Center
The Port of Seattle is renovating its historic Ship Supply building at Fishermen’s Terminal into a modern state-of-the-art Maritime Innovation Center (MInC). This facility, built to the International Living Future Institute’s Living Building Challenge standard, will…
Port of Los Angeles – Cyber Resilience Center
The concept of the Cyber Resilience Center (CRC) was started in 2017 after a major cyber attack on a global shipping company in the summer of 2017. This incident halted cargo operations globally and resulted in…
Port of Seattle – Duwamish River People’s Park and Shoreline Habitat
Over two decades ago, the Port of Seattle initiated the largest habitat restoration project along the Duwamish River in a generation. Terminal 117 was transformed from a legacy industrial site with significant contamination to a 14-acre…
Port of Seattle – Ocean Acidification Action Plan
In 2020, the Port of Seattle (Port) became the first port in the world to join the International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification (OA Alliance). In doing so, the Port formally recognized the effects of ocean...
Port of Tacoma – Lower Wapato Creek Habitat Project
The project is a 18.52 acre habitat improvement project that will remove a fish passage barrier and will restore Wapato Creek with a diverse mosaic of interconnected stream channel, estuary, emergent, and forested wetlands and riparian...
Port of Houston – Improving operational efficiency through transparent information exchange
Cooperation and transparent information exchange are critical to ensuring operational efficiency and schedule predictability. The Greater Houston Port Bureau (GHPB) recognizes the need to provide its members with means to exchange planning information real-time in a...