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CLEAN TRUCKS * USA - FMC in no hurry to approve program
Long Beach,CAL,USA -Logistics Management, by Patrick Burnson -8 Dec 2008: -- While all West Coast ports seem to be vying to “out green” one another, a setback for the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach occurred last week when the Federal Maritime Commission declined to grant the Port Fee Services Agreement's request for expedited review of their so-called “clean trucks” agreement... Meanwhile, U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon told the ports that he will not rule before next year on a FMC’s request to block parts of the clean-trucks program at Southern California's ports... Port attorneys how have until December 17 to file responses to legal arguments at a hearing in Washington on the FMC's request for a preliminary injunction against some portions of the plans... Industry analysts told LM that the competitive balance has been shifting to ports in the Pacific Northwest, East Coast and Gulf ports partly as a consequence of this ongoing legal battle... “There’s enough options now for shippers to simply bypass these ports until the issue is settled,” said Jon Monroe, president of Monroe Consulting. “And cargo is always going to flow to the gateways that provide the lowest total cost”...
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