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TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA
* California - Port drayage enforcement extension isn’t for all truck owners
Sacramento,CAL,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Charlie Morasch -November 25, 2009: -- The California Air Resources Board will begin to enforce its restrictive port drayage rule on tens of thousands of trucks beginning on New Year’s Day, including interstate trucks that enter certain California ports and rail yards... Trucks approved for state-funded grants that have been frozen in the wake of the state’s budget crisis, however, will be exempt... On Jan. 1, 2010, CARB’s port drayage rule bans trucks with 1993 model year engines and older from entering California ports. Trucks with 1994 through 2003 model year engines must be retrofitted with particulate filters that eliminate 85 percent of diesel particulate matter... CARB recently announced it was extending the enforcement date until April 30, 2010, for a “limited subset” of drayage trucks, including trucks that are scheduled to be replaced by port and state grant monies. The agency said the postponed enforcement is needed because “delays in the availability of expected state bond funds” have slowed grant awards... (Picture from arb.ca.gov: images porttruck)
* Indiana - Trucking conditions slowly improving in US
Nashville,IND,USA -Canadian Trnsportation & Logistics (CAN) -17 Nov 2009: -- Trucking conditions in the US are improving, but still remain below ‘neutral,’ according to the latest Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) by FTR Associates... The industry forecaster provides a monthly index of overall industry health based on five key trucking industry statistics. A neutral reading is zero... In October, the FTR index read -16.4, marking the highest reading since November 2008 and the third consecutive month of gains, however still anchored in negative territory... (Photo from orange trucking)
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