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EMISSIONS REDUCTION

Credit: ABB wind energy with current fuel oil emissions would not only the Connecticut Port Authority to support the growth of be strangely ironic but an oxymoron “clearly misunderstood”. the infrastructure and follow on vessels tor the program.

Let’s also look at highway congestion and public trans- To date no funding has been provided. Private investors portation when we discuss emissions reduction. Has gov- answered the call, delivering the ? rst emissions-free vessel ernment supported the use of hybrid or electric marine into operation on the Long Island Sound.

vessels while acknowledging these problems exist? They ABB Marine & Ports recently delivered testimony in the have not. New York City recently built and employed 26 U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transporta- new ferries, a successful operation supporting a reported tion and Infrastructure about the future of marine tech- 50,000 passengers a day. Not one city or state program or nologies. This year, the ? rst all-electric vessels ever built for that matter one vessel was built with electric or hybrid in the U.S. – the Niagara Falls tour operator Maid of the technology to reduce emissions. Mist tour boats – will start operation, powered by ABB’s

Harbor Harvest and First Harvest Navigation built and zero-emissions technology. Tucker Yacht Designs, one of delivered into operation the ? rst U.S.-built hybrid cargo our network partners, handled design integration and con- vessel with private funding. They have waited over four struction supervision of a very successful operation. This years for the promise and award of a Marine Highway project too was supported by private funds and an owner grant from the Maritime Administration (MARAD) and with a drive to answer the climate change call.

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