Port receives almost $1.5 million to plug in TOTE ships

The Port of Tacoma received nearly $1.5 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reduce air pollution by adding electrical plug-ins at the Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc. (TOTE) terminal.

TOTE has spent almost $900,000 to retrofit two ships to accommodate shore power connections, which allow ships to turn off their engines at the terminal. TOTE ships, which call twice a week in Tacoma, are expected to plug into the completed system by fall 2010.

(Source: Transport Weekly)