Every year, the world's largest container ships and auto carriers make thousands of transits along the California coast. By participating in our program, these ships are able to drastically reduce the environmental impacts of their transits.
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Since 2014, the program has achieved:
1,167,000 slow speed miles
153,000+ metric tons in regional greenhouse gas emissions reductions
4,500+ tons of harmful NOx emissions avoided
58% estimated decrease risk in whale strikes
Programmatic Growth
Every year the program has seen increased cooperation from its participants. Last season over 81% of all miles traveled by participants within the VSR zones were at knots or less.
The program also aims to ensure a higher proportion of the total distance participants travel is transited at a speed of 10 knots or less.
Increased cooperation rates results in greater environmental benefits:
