Plan Overview

PhilaPort is developing a comprehensive strategy and roadmap to reduce emissions, improve air quality, and support workforce development directly and indirectly through tenant operations.  This plan is called PhilaPort Clean Course – Navigating to Zero Emissions.  Throughout the plan process, PhilaPort is engaging with tenants and the communities impacted by port activity to ensure the plan is guided by their interests.  The first technical step in the process is collecting existing emissions data and establishing a baseline port-wide emissions inventory, which will be used to evaluate and prioritize future emissions reduction strategies.  The next step will be to evaluate the technical and operational feasibility of zero-emissions strategies, such as shore power for vessels at berth, zero-emission trucks, and zero-emission cargo handling, by assessing the infrastructure requirements and grid capacity for each strategy.  Concurrently, PhilaPort and its tenants will collaboratively identify the workforce impacts of these strategies and assess where new skills, training, and/or advancement opportunities will be necessary.