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Ports Propose Plan With Major
Opposition From Shippers and Carriers
The mayors of Los Angeles and Long
Beach have spent nearly a year marching in step,
crafting a groundbreaking $1.6 billion plan for
removing nearly 17,000 diesel trucks from the
nations two busiest harbors. With remarkable
ease both Mayor's spurred their respective ports to
pass plans that would have been unthinkable a few
years ago. First a ban on older trucks moving
through the ports then a 35.00 fee on each cargo
container to pay for newer, clearer trucks.
But last month the Long Beach mayor broke ranks with
LA by rejecting the plan's final piece of the
proposal to require independent contractors to be
converted to company employees. This move was
only proposed to make it easier to organize the
companies sending trucks into the harbor.
The general
ideas behind the plan are generally supported but
the some of the groups behind them have their agenda
and not the best interest of the environment in
mind.
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Clean Trucks Program - Port of Long Beach
Drops Employee Driver Requirement
Perhaps the most controversial element of the Clean
Truck Plan has been dropped as of the time. The original plan
required that trucking companies serving the Port of Long Beach/Los
Angeles use only company drivers. Under the final version of
the plan released recently, companies that operate with either
company drivers or independent drives will be able to enter the
port. Under the current plan, trucking companies must register
their trucks and drivers with the port and tag their vehicles with
RFID devices so the port can monitor compliance with the program.
New Collection Fee Pushed Back Until October
1, 2008
Long Beach has decided to push back a collection fee of $35.00 per
TEU until October 1, 2008. The original intended date of June
1, 2008 was changed due to delays in the final release of the plan,
implementation by the date was not feasible.
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