The Northwest Seaport Alliance Managing Members approved the acceptance of $782,482 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) grant program.
The DERA grant will support Rail Management Services (RMS), who operates at the South Intermodal Yard in Tacoma, to replace six existing diesel-powered terminal tractors with battery-electric versions.
RMS T-Series pure electric terminal truck manufactured by Orange EV in Kansas City, Missouri. The RMS truck joins Orange EV’s commercially deployed fleet which has surpassed a combined 667,000 key-on hours and 2.1 million miles of operation. Courtesy of Orange EV
“This grant will help secure our ability to install the first permanent deployment of electric cargo-handling equipment in our gateway,” said John McCarthy, Port of Tacoma commission president and co-chair of The Northwest Seaport Alliance. “Through our partnership with RMS and Tacoma Power, these upgrades will replace nearly 23,