Port of Los Angeles commits $200 million to zero emission equipment
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- Yusen Terminals signed a new 30-year lease with the Port of Los Angeles locking in operations through 2056 and triggering a $200 million commitment to zero-emission cargo-handling equipment
- The zero-emission fleet will include a mix of battery-powered assets — which the source flags favorably — and hydrogen-powered assets, which it flags skeptically
- Yusen Terminals has operated at the Port of Los Angeles since 1991 across a 232-acre site at berths 212-224, and has previously piloted electric forklifts, reach stackers, and terminal tractors
- Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka credited Yusen for stepping up when the port asked terminals to test and integrate zero-emission equipment
- Yusen Terminals President and CEO Alan McCorkle framed the long-term lease as giving the operator certainty to keep investing in its terminal, workforce, and new technology
- APM Terminals Pier 400, Yusen's port neighbor, added 20 Orange EV yard dogs earlier this year and announced purchases of 96 more yard dogs plus 36 electric gantry cranes
Why it matters: The 30-year lease locks a major container terminal into zero-emission operations through 2056, and the $200 million spend covers both batteries and hydrogen — a bet that matters because Yusen's neighbor APM Terminals is going all-electric with yard dogs and gantry cranes, making the hydrogen portion of Yusen's mix the more contested choice.
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