CLEAN TRUCKS PROGRAM * USA - Port of Seattle considers L.A.-style plan for trucks
Seattle,Wash,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Charlie Morasch -November 13, 2008: -- The Port of Seattle is considering a clean truck plan that could end up looking a lot like the ones at the ports in California – but the Port Commission is doing its planning behind closed doors... The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that was the complaint at a recent Commission meeting at which some of the big trucking companies were represented, but owner-operators were not... The port of Seattle is currently planning to require that by 2015, 80 percent of the trucks doing business at the port would have to meet 2007 emissions standards. And two years later, 100 percent of the trucks would have to meet those standards...
* LA-LB Testing CNG Trucks
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -Journal of Commerce/Traffic World -13 Nov 2008: -- As part of the ongoing effort to reduce pollution from port activities, the South Coast Air Quality Management District will co-sponsor a demonstration of four compressed natural gas drayage trucks at the Port of Los Angeles-Long Beach... The air quality agency’s Governing Board approved the contract today for the almost $2-million project, with the cost shared between the District and project partners SoCalGas, AutoCar and California Cartage Co...
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