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DIFFERENCES * USA - Status of truckers is a big hitch in port plan
L.A. and Long Beach mayors agree on all other key aspects of the clean-air strategyLos Angeles,CAL,USA -Los Angeles Times, by David Zahniser & Louis Sahagun -March 6, 2008: -- The mayors of Los Angeles and Long Beach have spent nearly a year marching in lock-step, crafting a groundbreaking $1.6-billion plan for removing nearly 17,000 exhaust-spewing diesel trucks from the nation's two busiest harbors... But last month, Foster broke ranks with Villaraigosa by rejecting the plan's final piece, a proposal backed by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to require independent truck drivers at the Long Beach harbor to be employees of trucking companies, a move that would make it easier for them to organize... Foster's decision drew an outcry from the region's labor leaders and environmentalists, who have joined forces in the truck campaign. That, in turn, has thrown the two mayors' views into stark relief... Villaraigosa and his allies argue that truck drivers, most of whom are now independent contractors, need to be well paid in order to take care of the new trucks that the ports plan to help them buy. On the other side, Foster and his supporters say the union-backed provision will attract lawsuits and be difficult to defend in court, delaying the clean-air plan by two to three years -- or killing it altogether... (Photo: Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster says the provision to have truckers work for firms would attract lawsuits, be hard to defend in court and possibly delay the clean-air efforts for years)
* Trucker group says Long Beach port's clean trucks plan illegal
Long Beach,CAL,USA -AP/San Diego Union Tribune -March 6, 2008: -- The 37,000-member American Trucking Association says the “Clean Trucks” program at the Port of Long Beach is illegal... In the first salvo against the port program adopted last month, the association filed a petition with the Federal Maritime Commission seeking significant changes in the program... The trucking group says the purpose of federal deregulation of trucking in 1980 was to allow carriers mostly unrestricted access to routes and markets nationwide to encourage competition... Spokesman Curtis Whalen says the rule in the Long Beach “Clean Trucks” concession plan violates deregulation “and isn't really needed to achieve clean trucks and clean air”...
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* Trucker group says Long Beach port's clean trucks plan illegal
Long Beach,CAL,USA -AP/San Diego Union Tribune -March 6, 2008: -- The 37,000-member American Trucking Association says the “Clean Trucks” program at the Port of Long Beach is illegal... In the first salvo against the port program adopted last month, the association filed a petition with the Federal Maritime Commission seeking significant changes in the program... The trucking group says the purpose of federal deregulation of trucking in 1980 was to allow carriers mostly unrestricted access to routes and markets nationwide to encourage competition... Spokesman Curtis Whalen says the rule in the Long Beach “Clean Trucks” concession plan violates deregulation “and isn't really needed to achieve clean trucks and clean air”...
* California port plan -OPINION -
USA -Fleetowner -March 6, 2008: -- The port of Long Beach in California is pushing ahead with an aggressive truck replacement plan that got the green light last month – a plan that seeks to replace a large chunk of the 16,800 diesel-powered tractors serving the port with models equipped with 2007-compliant engines or fueled with liquefied natural gas (LNG)... So, is this program the bellwether of future efforts by ports, cities, and states to reduce air pollution? Will it ultimately be affordable for truckers larger and small, even with the generous subsidies being offered? That remains to be seen. One thing is for certain – the clock is now ticking on this program, meaning truckers at the port must deal with it now or risk big disruptions in their business at year’s end...
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