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CLEAN TRUCKS PROGRAM * USA - Port waives fees for some private trucks
Long Beach,CAL,USA -The Press Telegram, by Kris Hanson -23 March 2009: -- Long Beach is scrapping container fees for truck owners who forgo public funds to purchase clean diesel fleets used in and around the harbor... The move - effective May 4 - comes in the wake of a barrage of complaints from businesses upset that Long Beach continued levying fees on containers moved by "clean" trucks purchased without financial help from the ports... By contrast, Los Angeles has been exempting containers handled by privately-funded rigs since October... The decision comes as businesses look to cut costs in the wake of an unprecedented downturn in international trade. Cargo volumes in Long Beach dropped 40 percent in February from a year prior...
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