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Clean Air * USA - Ports urge trucking firms to hire full-time drivers
Ports along the western seaboard are studying ways to cut diesel fuel emissions from trucks and ocean-going vessels
Walnut Creek,CA,USA -The Contra Costa Times, by Francine Brevetti -13 Jan 2008: -- ... At the Port of Oakland, as well as ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach, a cornerstone of that effort entails persuading trucking companies to hire drivers rather than continue to use them as independent contractors. Port officials, as well as several community and environmental groups, say this plan will cut pollution because trucking companies can afford to run cleaner trucks than the independent drivers... The trucking companies, however, say they cannot shoulder the additional economic burdens of hiring drivers and acquiring trucks... More than 50 percent of the truck drivers who serve California ports earn no more than $30,000 a year after expenses, according to a report by the East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy and the Coalition for Clean and Safe Ports. On such wages, drivers cannot buy and maintain the most fuel-efficient rigs, the organizations argue... Edward DeNike, president of Seattle-based SSA Containers, parent of Shipper's Transport Express, which serves the Port of Oakland and others, said that trucking companies -- which act as brokers between drivers and the retailers or manufacturers that are transporting goods -- cannot shoulder the additional expense of employees and their benefits, in addition to costs to procure and maintain equipment...
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