misconception . … I think continuing to get as green as we can is critical . Doing that while we grow can be tricky , obviously , but it ’ s something we are really focused on .

Obviously , anytime you ’ re operating near water , there ’ s a concern . Especially where we are … which is a delicate environment . It ’ s a habitat with fish and wildlife , and it ’ s drinking water , and with everything we have here , there ’ s concern .

We ’ ve set zero emissions as a goal that we ’ re trying to get towards . At this time , we have 36 zero-emission forklifts and a zeroemission locomotive . We have an entire department dedicated to environmental ( concerns ). … We have a lot of agencies looking at us — as would any big company situated where we are . But we go above and beyond what ’ s required . That ’ s why we were the second port in the state to get the Green Marine certificate .

Do you have a favorite historic fact about the Port of Stockton ? Not exactly , but … when you walk through the hallways here , there are pictures of all the port commissioners going back to the 1930s . I was walking down the hall one day and I saw a name and I looked up and it was a picture of my wife ’ s great-grandfather . He was a commissioner in 1940 . He wasn ’ t on the first board of commissioners but it was right when things started getting moving , right before World War II . My wife didn ’ t know that and neither did anyone else . So I thought that was pretty interesting .

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Eric Johnson is a freelance writer for several Northern California publications . Before moving to Sacramento in 2017 , he held senior editorial roles at various newsweeklies and magazines in the Bay Area for 20 years .

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