Los Angeles port reports record-low emissions per container

The Port of Los Angeles has announced that it recorded its lowest emissions per container in 2025, according to its latest Inventory of Air Emissions, with all four tracked pollutant categories declining from the previous year.

The report shows that the decline in emissions is driven by measures under the 2017 update of the San Pedro Bay Ports’ Clean Air Action Plan, as well as regulations and incentives introduced by federal, state and local programmes.

Diesel particulate matter emissions fell 2% year-on-year, nitrogen oxides (NOx) dropped 4%, sulfur oxides (SOx) declined 5% and greenhouse gas emissions decreased 3%. Since 2005, the port has reduced diesel particulate matter emissions by 90%, NOx by 72% and SOx by 98%, while greenhouse gas emissions have fallen 16%. The port said that NOx emissions reached their lowest annual level since the port began tracking emissions in 2005. At the same time, container volumes increased 37% over the same period totaling in 10.2 million TEU.

Since 2017, when the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach updated their joint Clean Air Action Plan, emissions of diesel particulate matter, NOx, SOx and greenhouse gases have declined by 15%, 38%, 28% and 9%, respectively.

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