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more ecient and cleaner, emission reduc- tion strategies aimed at the local port area, such as use of shore-side power and clean fuel transport trucks and on-dock equip- ment, which currently represent a small portion of overall transport greenhouse gas emissions, will become a more important element of U.S. West Coast portsĀ transpor- tation carbon footprint advantage. The U.S. West Coast ports are well positioned to take advantage of reduced greenhouse gas emissions as another marketing strategy to retain and capture Asia cargo bound for the U. S. MTGeraldine Knatz is executive director of the Port of Los Angeles and president of the International Association of Ports and Harbors. 1.78 1.68 1.222.03 2.49 2.64 3.28 2.15 2.80 3.49 FIGURE : SHANGHAI TO KANSAS CITY ROUTE COMPARISON CO EMISSION EFFICIENCIES Q Q Q Q LOS ANGELES | Q Q MANAZILLO | Q Q JACKSONVILLE (Panama Canal) | Q Q JACKSONVILLE (Suez Canal) 5,000+ TEU 8,000+ TEU 12,000+ TEU CO2 Emissions (MT/TEU) 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.50.0July 2011 www.sname.org/sname/mt