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CLEAN PORTS PROGRAMS * USA - Business Makes a Call
There’s far less activity at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles than there has been for several years
Long Beaqch,CAL,USA -The Journal of Commerce Magazine, by Bill Mongelluzzo -Apr 6, 2009: -- Facing declining market share, Southern California ports are sending a surprising message to shippers: There’s far less activity at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles than there has been for several years as ports nationwide brace for what could be a 10 percent decline in total U.S. container volume in 2009... Ports in the U.S. and abroad face the same downturn from deteriorating global trade as just about every company concerned with moving goods does. But as the nation’s largest single port complex, and perhaps the largest single center of goods movement, the ports on California’s San Pedro Bay are taking a big share of the decline, with container volume plunging 40 percent in Long Beach in February and 32 percent in Los Angeles... At the same time, the acres of clear space across the ports’ terminals also seem to have given officials at Los Angeles and Long Beach a different view of the downturn. Port executives now concede the dismal performance is due at least in part to burdensome business practices, unpopular cargo fees and neglect in soliciting the views of shippers when developing policy initiatives...
* Tacoma Elicits Support for Clean-Trucks
Program to modernize the remaining 14 percent of drayage fleet
Tacoma,WASH,USA -The Journal of Commerce, by Bill Mongelluzzo -6 April 2009: -- Shipper, trucker and environmental groups registered their support for the Truck Emissions Improvement Program unveiled by the Port of Tacoma... The Washington Trucking Association, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, Washington Department of Ecology, Washington Retail Association, Washington Department of Transportation and the Port of Seattle commented on the program at the weekend... Although a 2008 study found that 86 percent of the harbor drayage fleet already meets 2010 emission standards, Tacoma is moving forward with a program to modernize the remaining 14 percent of the fleet... Tacoma intends to implement a market-based program to encourage motor carriers to replace older, polluting trucks. Unlike the Los Angeles-Long Beach clean-trucks effort, the Tacoma plan does not involve cargo fees... The port will partner with private and public organizations to identify funding opportunities for the fleet modernization program. Tacoma will also pursue operational and technological measures to improve efficiency, including electronic tracking technology, formation of a chassis pool and secure pre-gate parking... Also, Tacoma will work with the neighboring Port of Seattle to implement common components of the two trucking plans and coordinate efforts to expedite infrastructure projects... (Photo courtesy Port of Tacoma)Labels: "Clean Trucks" Programs
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