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Going green * USA - May mean closing ports to owner-operators
Ports at Los Angeles and Long Beach may agree to become the first major U.S. ports to overhaul operations in order to meet emissions standards
CAL,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Charlie Morasch -April 26, 2007: -- Just what kind of overhaul will happen depends on who you ask... An estimated 16,000 tractor-trailers pull into the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach every day, and port leaders say the vehicles are among the oldest and dirtiest trucks still operating in the United States... A new licensing system would limit the trucks eligible to enter the port to only those on a list of “concessionaires” that would meet environmental and financial standards set by the ports, they say... Paul Johansen, the Los Angeles port’s director of environmental management, said the operational changes will benefit the environment, stabilize the workforce and lead to a more secure port... Johansen acknowledged that environmental and labor groups are generally favorable to the ports’ changes, he said, while the trucking industry hasn’t agreed with the unspecified changes... “There are different interest groups out and about – everywhere,” Johansen said. “There’s enough in our program for people to not like, or to like”...
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