The recognition ceremony convened key stakeholders, including Port CEO Dr. Noel Hacegaba; members of the Long Beach Harbor Commission; Ms. Jacobeth Hernandez Mendoza, Consul for Economic Affairs at the Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles; and Mr. Juan Baez, Director of Bali Express Services.
Dr. Hacegaba underscored the strategic importance of U.S.–Mexico trade—valued at a record $872.83 billion in annual two-way commerce—with approximately 90% transported overland, primarily by truck. He emphasized that decarbonizing this land-based freight segment is integral to regional climate resilience and supply chain sustainability.
Over the past year, Bali Express has successfully deployed a dual-fuel fleet—comprising compressed natural gas (CNG) and battery-electric vehicles (BEVs)—to transport cargo between the Port of Long Beach and its cross-border logistics facility in San Diego County, extending operations into Mexico.
The company currently operates 32 CNG-powered and 6 BEV trucks. As part of its phased electrification strategy, Bali Express plans to deploy an additional 20 CNG and 20 BEV units—including Tesla Semi tractor-trailers—within the next 12 months.
Mr. Baez announced the company’s long-term vision to achieve a fully zero-emission trucking fleet exceeding 350 units by 2040. He noted that Bali Express’s green freight operations over the past year have delivered emissions reductions equivalent to removing 1,930 conventional diesel trucks from regional roadways.
He affirmed the company’s conviction that environmental stewardship and commercial viability are mutually reinforcing—not competing—objectives.
Dr. Hacegaba characterized the collaboration as foundational to the Port’s “Port of the Future” initiative, particularly its cross-border zero-emissions truck connectivity agenda.
Harbor Commission President Frank Colonna highlighted Bali Express as a model supply chain partner whose operational leadership advances both the Port’s Zero-Emissions Goods Movement Program and air quality improvements along one of North America’s most intensively trafficked international trade corridors.
This recognition follows the Port of Long Beach’s recent announcement of a separate Memorandum of Understanding with The Wonderful Company and Lincoln Transportation Services to develop what is described as the world’s first port-powered Green Truck Corridor—spanning approximately 150 miles between Long Beach and California’s Central Valley.
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