Tell Congress to support clean automated port infrastructure for America!

Singapore is successfully building the world’s largest-ever fully automated port. The Tuas mega port has handled 10 million shipping containers since its launch in 2022 and is set to be able to manage 65 million per year by the 2040s. The Tuas port uses a fleet of over 200 fast-charging electric autonomous ground vehicles to move cargo, helping cut the port’s carbon emissions by 50% compared to industry norms. The port plans to soon generate solar power on-site and add over 200 more AGVs. Amazing!

In 2024, the U.S. began to make progress on electrifying its own ports with over 50 Inflation Reduction Act-funded Clean Ports Program grants, administered by the EPA and going out to 27 states and territories.

But now, these funds, though already legally allocated, are among the multitude recently thrown into confusion by chaos and uncertainty in the executive branch. To take just one example, it was recently reported that the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas is still waiting on the already-allocated Clean Ports Program funds they plan to use to purchase three new electric tugboats.

Increasing productivity at ports is a clear-cut anti-inflation measure, directly reducing the costs of imported goods and raising Americans’ standard of living while helping keep the nation globally competitive. Congress must take back its constitutionally mandated power of the purse and stop illegal funding freezes on the Clean Ports Program and everywhere else.

Tell Congress to support clean automated port infrastructure for America!