The Port of San Diego has selected PortXchange's EmissionInsider to support as its newest Blue Economy Incubator (BEI) pilot project, in hopes of helping advance the Port’s ambitious decarbonization goals as outlined by its Maritime Clean Air Strategy (MCAS).
On June 23, 2026 the Port of San Diego Board of Port Commissioners approved an agreement with PortXchange for EmissionInsider to become the 14th project supported through its Blue Economy Incubator. Established in 2016, the programme supports sustainable, ocean-based technologies that contribute to a more resilient and innovative blue economy across the San Diego region.
For years, decarbonization has become one of the maritime industry's defining ambitions. Yet while environmental commitments have grown stronger, more attention needs to be paid to improving the accuracy of emissions data to support better informed decision-making at ports, particularly when it comes to ships and other activities beyond their direct control. Ambitious targets alone do not reduce emissions. Better operational understanding does. That is why EmissionInsider was developed.
The platform enables ports to collect, integrate, analyse and report emissions data across their operations, providing greater visibility of direct, indirect, and value chain related emissions and helping organisations understand where emissions are occurring, where operational bottlenecks exist and where improvements can have the greatest impact. The platform will help inform the Port of San Diego's future planning, reporting and environmental decision-making.
Sjoerd de Jager, PortXchange Co-Founder and Managing Director, said: "We are truly proud to partner with the Port of San Diego, a port that has long set the standard for environmental leadership in the United States.
"Decarbonization is the defining challenge of our time, and moments like these remind us why we do what we do. With EmissionInsider, we’re helping ports better understand emissions from ships and other outside operations they don’t directly control, so they can take informed action to reduce air pollution and advance decarbonization. This is exactly the kind of partnership that moves the maritime industry forward."
For PortXchange, the agreement represents more than another technology deployment. It reflects a growing recognition that environmental leadership is no longer defined by the ambition of a strategy alone, but by the quality of the operational decisions that follow. As regulatory expectations increase and pressure grows to demonstrate measurable environmental progress, ports will need more than sustainability commitments. They will need confidence in the data on which those commitments are built.
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