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Shippers Fight * USA - Truck Regulation Rewrite
Letter to Congress opposes attempts to exempt harbor drayage from preemption
Washington,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce, by Thomas L. Gallagher - -Jul 27, 2009: -- More than 30 shipper organizations sent a letter to Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., chairman of the House Committee on Transportation, urging him and his colleagues in Congress to reject efforts to re-write federal trucking rules in the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act... The groups oppose new legislation proposed by the Port of Los Angeles and others that would exempt harbor drayage from preemption under the FAAAA. The port and its allies want to persuade Congress to grant to local governments the ability to regulate the harbor drayage industry to address environmental and port security matters, and thereby eliminate the federal pre-emption of state and local regulation of foreign and interstate commerce... The shippers groups say that they support efforts to improve air quality and port security but that the change in federal preemption of interstate commerce is really an attempt to overturn losses in the federal courts restricting local regulation of truck drayage services... The ATA requested a preliminary injunction which was sustained in part by both the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. Those courts determined that the ports' concession plans regulate interstate trucking "prices, routes, and services" and thus are unconstitutional and preempted by the FAAAA... (Photograph by Ric Francis/Associated Press - Emissions from the Port of Los Angeles at San Pedro Bay reach all the way up to downtown Los Angeles, more than 20 miles away)
* Harbor Commission to ask Congress to let ports set trucking standards
Oakland,CAL,USA -The Trucker —28 July 2009: -- According to the American Trucking Associations, the unions are asking the commission to vote to ask Congress to change federal transportation law “to effectively nullify the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision and the federal law that protects motor carriers, shippers and consumers from unnecessary and costly state and local regulations”... The Oakland, Calif., Harbor Commission last week gave its initial approval of a resolution urging Congress to update transportation policy “to clearly state that ports have the authority to set and enforce trucking industry standards,” according to an E&E Publishing report. The commission is expected on July 30 to approve a final resolution... So, ATA once again finds itself in the position of defending its efforts to get the owner-operator ban removed at the Port of L.A. and clarifying and re-stating its position of being in favor of port efforts to institute cleaner, less polluting trucks...* Clean Trucks Handle Most LA/LB Moves
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -The Journal of Commerce, by Bill Mongelluzzo -Jul 27, 2009: -- Clean diesel and liquefied natural gas trucks now handle 52 percent of the containers moving through the Port of Long Beach, according to a study released by the port... The neighboring Port of Los Angeles recently reported similar numbers as most of the trucks serving the Southern California port complex work at both ports... In the week ending July 21, the report noted that there are 15,753 trucks serving the harbor. Of those, 4,888 meet or exceed federal Environmental Protection Agency standards for 2007-model clean-diesel trucks... Some 31 percent of the harbor trucking fleet now meets the strict emission requirements contained in the ports' clean-trucks program. That number is considered to be impressive as the program was launched 10 months ago on Oct. 1, 2008... Diesel trucks handled 96 percent of the container moves in the harbor. Both ports this year are encouraging truck owners to purchase vehicles powered by alternative fuels. There are 436 LNG-powered trucks in the harbor and 110 are powered by biodiesel... On Jan. 1, 2012, all trucks serving the harbor must meet or exceed 2007 emission standards... (Photo from Port of Los Angeles: Electric truck)
* So. Calif. Ports Expected to Approve Program to Speed Purchase of 500 More LNG Trucks
Sacramento CAL,USA -Transport Topics, by Eric Miller -27 July 200: -- Harbor commissioners at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., are expected to approve a plan next month to spend $46.5 million in new grant funding from the state to fast-track the purchase of up to 500 new liquefied natural gas trucks, officials with both ports said... The trucks would be an addition to the estimated 5,000 “clean” diesel and LNG trucks currently registered at the nation’s busiest port complex... (Photo from purchasing: LA logistics pierpass)
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