Officials from the ports of Los Angeles in the United States and Nagoya in Japan have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to expand collaboration on key sustainability and operational efficiency initiatives such as port community systems and digital supply chain information sharing, zero-emission vehicle and equipment testing, and the establishment of a new Green Shipping Corridor between the two ports.
The new three-year contract is an expansion of the 2020 MoU.
“Today marks another major milestone in the longstanding partnership between the ports of Los Angeles and Nagoya,” stated Gene Seroka, executive director of Port of Los Angeles.
The agreement calls for the exchange of best practices and information on operational efficiency concerns such as the development, deployment, and promotion of port community systems for end-to-end supply chain information sharing.
Both ports committed to continuing working on the development and testing of emission-free vehicles and equipment, environmental programmes centred on terminal operations, ships in port, and drayage trucks, and energy consumption and alternative energy sources under the new agreement.
The construction of a new Green Shipping Corridor in the coming years, coordinated by a port decarbonisation strategy, will be central to the agreement’s sustainability efforts.
Additionally, this project will aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cargo transport between Nagoya and Los Angeles, as well as to support and promote the use of low and zero-carbon ships and fuels.