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TRUCKS PURCHASE * USA - Long Beach Port To Buy 'Clean' Trucks
The Port of Long Beach it has placed a $35 million order for 300 heavy-duty trucks
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -The Los Angeles Business Journal, by ALLEN P. ROBERTS Jr. -7 July 2008: -- The Port of Long Beach on Monday said it has placed a $35 million order for 300 heavy-duty trucks in an effort to jumpstart its Clean Trucks Program, which is set to take effect Oct. 1... The order is part of an overall $2.2 billion program to replace all pre-1989 trucks that haul freight in the harbor... To help truckers quickly replace the old polluting vehicles, the ports are providing truckers and motor carriers with financial assistance in the form of grants or leases to buy the new clean trucks... The 300 trucks will consist of 100 liquefied natural gas-powered trucks and 200 clean diesel-powered vehicles, the Long Beach port said... The trucking industry has objected to the plan, saying it will drive up costs and allow unions to organize drivers. The American Trucking Association has repeatedly said it will file a lawsuit to block the program...
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