On January 22, Forum Mobility hosted a ribboncutting for its new “FM Harbor” facility at the Port of Long Beach (POLB), touted as the largest port-based truck charging depot in the nation. Designed to serve more than 200 electric drayage trucks each day, the nearly two-acre facility is strategically located alongside a freight rail line and an on-ramp to the Long Beach International Gateway Bridge.

The event featured South Coast AQMD Governing Board Member Gideon Kracov, Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson, California Air Resources Board Chair Liane Randolph, Long Beach Harbor Commission President Bonnie Lowenthal, and other guest speakers.

The depot offers 19 dual-port 360 kW chargers and six single-dispenser 360 kW chargers, which can deliver a full charge to an electric Class-8 truck in about 90 minutes, depending on its battery size. It has the capacity to charge 44 electric trucks simultaneously.

This project is being supported through a unique partnership formed through a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC). Forum Mobility and the Ports of Los Angeles (POLA) and Long Beach (POLB) responded to the MSRC RFI which was designed to facilitate partnerships and investment in zero-emission infrastructure for the goods movement sector. It is the first to be completed by virtue of this partnership, with several more heavy-duty charging infrastructure projects in the works.