Northwest Seaport Alliance Reduces Pollution in Historically Burdened Communities

The Northwest Seaport Alliance, the agency overseeing the Port of Seattle and the Port of Tacoma, will receive $12 million to develop one or more shared electric truck charging hubs. These hubs will serve a network of about 4,500 heavy-duty trucks that provide cargo hauling services to the ports of Seattle and Tacoma. The project also will help reduce emissions from an estimated 300 diesel trucks, including greenhouse gas emissions that disproportionately impact disadvantaged, overburdened communities near the seaports and along major freight corridors between Seattle and Tacoma.

This project is expected to reduce pollution from hundreds of diesel trucks operating near communities historically burdened by pollution from ports and freight corridors.