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CLEAN TRUCKS PROGRAM * USA - L.A., Long Beach ports to accept day pass, credit cards
CAL,USA -Land Line Magazine -Sept. 29, 2009 – As the Port of Long Beach and Los Angeles prepare to enforce the nation’s first large-scale ban on dirty trucks at ports, the ports have quietly made a “temporary access permit” available for intermittent truck visitors... Both ports, however, also have their own requirements that each truck be registered and approve by the port in taxi-style concessionaires... Long-haul drivers, including many OOIDA members, could gain access to the ports beginning Wednesday when the clean truck programs begin implementation. Both the port of Los Angeles and Long Beach announced previously that a 12-time day pass system could be used by truckers who make occasional port visits, with each visit costing $100... The fee can be paid only by using Visa, MasterCard or American Express...* Ports Ready For ‘Soft Launch’ Of Clean Truck Plans
Long Beach,CAL,USA -The Cunningham Report -28 Sept 2008: -- With only two days to go before the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach pop their ambitious Clean Trucks Programs into high gear, officials from both ports are promising to keep cargo flowing smoothly, even if they have to cut drivers and companies some initial slack... Long Beach Port Deputy Executive Director Chris Lytle and Los Angeles Port Operations Director John Holmes told the International Business Association luncheon crowd that they are committed not to let the cargo back up on Wednesday. That will be the day that no trucking company will be allowed in the harbor unless it has at least applied for a concession, and all trucks older than model year 1989 will be banned, unless the owner can show that a new, clean truck has been ordered... Both Lytle and Holmes said there will be plenty of trucks available to haul the loads. Each port has about 600 concession applications, representing 12,000 trucks. To put that into perspective, earlier counts of the port drayage industry showed 1,200 companies representing about 17,000 trucks - an indication that many of the smaller companies have not bothered to apply...
* COMMENT - Bang or fizzle? “Clean Truck” plans kick off at L.A., Long Beach ports
CAL,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Charlie Morasch -October 1, 2008: -- The twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach launched their clean truck programs Wednesday, Oct. 1, although the fight over the Teamsters-influenced emissions plan doesn’t appear to be ending any time soon... Each port has approved similar versions of a Clean Truck Plan, including bans on pre-1989 trucks that took effect Wednesday, and will phase in other older truck engine bans until all trucks are required to meet 2007 emissions standards by 2012... The ports’ first day of implementing the plan went off reportedly without a hitch as many drivers who aren’t in emissions compliance were waved through to prevent backups of the thousands of containers shipped from the ports daily, the ports’ public relations employees told local newspapers... “The message at the terminal gates is we will let you in this time, but don’t count on being let in again,” said Arley Baker, a spokesman for the Port of Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Times. “Our No. 1 concern is keeping the gates from becoming congested. We do not want to impede the flow of cargo in any way”... The Port of Los Angeles announced that 500 trucking companies have signed up to be port concessionaires there, making available “over 20,000 trucks” for drayage hauling... (Photo by CM - Truckers entering the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles Wednesday were asked if they had Transportation Worker Identification Credentials and if their engines met new “clean truck” requirements)
* Trucking activity slows as LA-Long Beach program starts
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -The JOURNAL of COMMERCE Bill Mongelluzzo (East Windsor,NJ,USA) -October 1, 2008: -- Truck traffic in Los Angeles-Long Beach was down considerably Wednesday morning as the ports launched their clean-trucks programs to reduce pollution in the harbor area... On a positive note, marine terminal operators turned away very few trucks for not having port-issued stickers. Beginning Wednesday, all motor carriers serving the ports must have stickers on their trucks showing that the companies have signed concession agreements with the ports... Motor carriers heeded the ports’ warnings and only sent trucks with stickers to the harbor... The bad news is that truck traffic was down at most of the terminals. APM Terminals, the operator for Maersk Inc., reported truck volume down 25 to 35 percent on the morning shift. Some terminals reported even steeper drops in truck traffic... Some motor carriers serving the Port of Los Angeles said they did not receive stickers from that port until Monday, two days before the program took effect... A second reason why truck traffic was down Wednesday is that many drivers who do not have their federal Transportation Worker Identification Credential didn’t bother to show up for work... Terminal operators say the situation could worsen considerably this weekend if more truckers fail to get stickers and TWIC cards. Vessel arrivals are always slow in midweek, with most of the ships calling in Los Angeles-Long Beach over the weekend...
* Trucking rules go into effect - L.A. and Long Beach terminals begin air-quality program
Long Beach,CA,USA -The Long Beach Press-Telegram, by Kristopher Hanson -30 Sept 2008: -- Following nearly two years of preparation, port authorities today begin enforcing a truck ban aimed at ridding the nation's largest seaport of the oldest, dirtiest diesel rigs in service... Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster said it's "a landmark day in the fight to clean our air and improve the health of people living and working in Long Beach and the South Bay... There may be some bumps along the way, but in the end, it's going to shape a cleaner and stronger trucking industry"... Despite the loss of so many trucks, port authorities don't expect any disruptions in service... Several hundred new vehicles have been put in service to replace the older rigs, and fallen demand for freight haulers should offset any shortages... (Photo by Stephen Carr: Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster attaches a compliance sticker to a new truck that is allowed to operate at the ports under the new regulations)* California ports clean up polluting trucks
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -Reuters, by Steve Gorman -Oct 2, 2008: -- The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the busiest U.S. cargo complex, launched a landmark clean-air program on Wednesday banning some 2,000 older trucks blamed for half the pollution spewed by the ports' diesel haulers... The port complex ranks as the biggest air polluter in Southern California -- more than the region's cars -- and heavy-duty trucks operating there generate more than a third of its overall diesel emissions, port officials say... Despite weeks of court wrangling and worries that cargo deliveries would be slowed, at least 15,000 newer-model trucks -- more than enough to keep terminal traffic flowing smoothly -- registered on time to comply with the new requirements at each port, port authorities said... Approval of those plans were crucial to paving the way for port expansions long stalled over concerns about pollution-linked illnesses in nearby communities... (Mario Anzuoni/REUTERS - The Nautilus E-30 electric drayage truck is seen at the port of Los Angeles July 2, 2008. The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are requiring cleaner vessel fuels, shoreside electricity so ships will not run their dirty diesel engines at berth, newer truck fleets and cleaner train locomotives)Labels: "Clean Trucks" Program
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