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Clean Trucks Program * USA - Gets Off To A Gentle Start
Long Beach,CA,USA -The Cunningham Report -5 Oct 2008: -- It may have been a soft launch, but the Wednesday debut of the Clean Trucks Programs at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach went off smoothly, more for what didn't happen than what did. There were no long lines of trucks, snarled traffic, or shortages of trucks or drivers... The economy helped. Trade is down and so is the volume of traffic usually encountered this time of year. Also, there are many elements of the Clean Truck Program still missing. The ports backed off plans to immediately start charging the $35 per TEU clean truck fee on all loaded containers passing through terminal gates on non-compliant trucks, after terminal operators warned that collecting the fee before a system was in place would lead to cargo gridlock... The ports are now saying they will start charging the fee in a few weeks. The goal is Nov. 1, although that date is both aggressive and optimistic. The terminals have to get their RFID readers working with their terminal operating systems to take and process the clean truck information... There are more battles to be decided. The American Trucking Associations is still engaged in a legal action challenging the ports' rights to establish trucking concessions, and most folks think there will be more lawsuits to come from smaller companies forced out of business by the program. The Federal Maritime Commission has also expressed concerns over the program's effect on commerce and competition in the port drayage industry. It is investigating the program and looking for answers from the ports. But for now, at least, the program is underway...
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