From hardening facilities against extreme weather events to reducing emissions, ports are putting to work over $703 million in grants awarded this fall under the federal infrastructure law. Among big winners were California's Port of Long Beach, which received $30.1 million, and the Port of Muskogee in Tulsa, Okla., with $24 million.
The Port of Long Beach, the second largest U.S. seaport, will use the funds to deploy the nation’s largest fleet of manually operated, zero-emissions cargo handling equipment at a single marine terminal. The $37.7-million project will replace diesel yard tractors at the Long Beach Container Terminal with about 60 electric, human-operated yard tractors.