IANS | 27 May, 2024
Hyundai Glovis, the logistics unit of Hyundai Motor Group, said on
Monday it has signed a deal with Stax Engineering to adopt an emission
reduction system for its pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) as part of efforts
to respond to the United States' environmental regulations.
With the deal, the Korean company plans to adopt Stax Engineering's
emission capture and control system for its PCTCs that enter Benicia, Los
Angeles, Long Beach and Hueneme ports in California in January next year,
reports Yonhap news agency.
The decision was made to respond to a regulation by the California Air
Resources Board (CARB) stipulating PCTCs docked at California's ports must
reduce their nitrogen oxide and fine dust emissions by 80 per cent starting
next year, the company explained.
CARB has already been applying the regulation to container vessels since
last year.
Hyundai Glovis said it can reduce diesel matters by 99 percent and
nitrogen oxide by 95 percent from emissions from its tankers by utilising Stax
Engineering's emission capture and control system.
The company also said it plans to adopt the emission reduction system in
the port of San Diego as well and secure 30 PCTCs that use eco-friendly
liquefied natural gas duel fuel engines by 2028.
--IANS