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Evergreen Line awarded prestigious environmental award
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The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach presented Evergreen Line with a 2011 Clean Air Action Plan Air Quality Awards, an honour given to those taking extraordinary measures to cut air emissions, modernise facilities and implement innovative operations to reduce air pollution.
Evergreen was the sole maritime recipient of the Air Quality Improvement Leadership at the Corporate Level recognition. Now in their fourth year, the annual Air Quality Awards were initiated shortly after the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach approved the landmark San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan in 2006.
Evergreen's award was accepted on July 26 by Jason Hsu, Deputy Senior Vice President of Evergreen Shipping Agency (America). "Evergreen will continue our best effort to contribute to the environmental responsibility of the industry as we have since our 1968 founding," said Mr. Hsu. "We are grateful for this recognition."
Evergreen's award was acknowledged by CAAP: "Evergreen Line, the ocean containership division of Taiwan's Evergreen Group, has an established reputation for global environmental stewardship. In 2003, the company incorporated new S-type "Greenships" into its fleet, vessels that include low-sulphur fuel systems that reduce SOx emissions and efficient hull designs that help lower fuel consumption. These ships are also equipped to participate in the Port of Los Angeles' Alternative Maritime Power (AMP) program," it added, "which allows ships to plug into shore-side electric power while at berth, rather than running diesel engines while docked. Since 2001, Evergreen Line has also participated in the Port of Los Angeles' Vessel Speed Reduction program, in which vessels voluntarily reduce speeds to lower emission output. Environmental leadership has been a company policy since its founding in 1968."
Source: transportweekly
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