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LOS ANGELES - 05/16/05 - Expanding the use of the world's first clean electrical power program for container ships at dock, the Port of Los Angeles is beginning construction on a direct wharf plug-in system at Berths 212-216.

Considered the "next generation" of the Alternative Maritime Power (AMP) program, ships calling at these berths will not use a barge conduit for connecting ships to shore side electrical power, like the system currently in use at Berth 100 in the port.

Instead of utilizing a barge-mounted hook-up , ships will simply plug-in to an AMP outlet built into the wharf itself. 

Each containership plugged into the port's AMP program saves one ton of nitrogen oxide (NOx) and particulate matter (PM) from entering the Los Angeles Basin per day.

Construction of an electrical utility service substation, electrical switchgear, underground and under wharf conduit, cables and wharf-mounted flush AMP outlet vault are all needed to outfit the wharf with AMP. Work on the project is expected to begin this month and is expected to take about six months to complete.

Total cost is estimated at more than $1 million.

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