CLEAN TRUCKS DISCUSSION * USA - Ports Facing 5-Week Wait For
Long Beach and Los Angeles and members of the West Coast Marine Terminal Operators Agreement could begin to discuss the Clean Trucks program
Long Beach,CA,USA -The Cunningham Report -25 May 2008: -- Sunday, June 29 is the first date that the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles and members of the West Coast Marine Terminal Operators Agreement could begin to discuss the Clean Trucks program, security initiatives and other matters with antitrust immunity... The operative word is "could." That's if no additional questions or issues arise that cause the Federal Maritime Commission to delay or seek to prevent the agreement from taking effect. The latter, which the FMC has not done in recent memory, involves seeking a court order to stop an agreement... The ports have questioned the FMC's delay in the matter and its jurisdiction to hold up the discussions with the terminal operators... June 29 will be 45 days after the ports and the terminal operators filed their responses to the FMC's request for details about the pending agreement. The FMC's list of questions stopped the clock on the original 45-day review period, which would have ended March 30...
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