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Clean Truck * USA - Port of LA to Vote on Implementation
Staff recommendations include timeline for phasing in employee drivers
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Bill Mongelluzzo -Sep 22, 2010: -- The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners on Sept. 27 will vote on staff recommendations for implementing the concession requirements in the port's clean-truck plan, including motor carrier phase-in of employee drivers, an off-street parking requirement and demonstrating proof of financial capability... The concession requirements are now permissible since U.S. District Court Judge Christina A. Snyder on Sept. 16 entered her ruling in the clean-truck case lifting the injunction against implementation of the concession agreement between the port and motor carriers... The most controversial concession item, which is certain to generate great interest in the harbor trucking industry, is the timeline under which licensed motor carriers must begin to phase in the use of employee drivers and consequently phase out the use of owner-operators... By Dec. 31, 2011, 20 percent of all gate moves by a licensed motor carrier must be performed by trucks driven by employee drivers. The number increases to 66 percent by Dec. 31, 2010 and 100 percent by Dec. 31, 2013... (Photo from joc: Port of Los Angeles, on board view)
* LA-Long Beach Update Clean Air Plan. Ports set stricter goals for reducing toxic air contaminants
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Bill Mongelluzzo -Sep 22, 2010: -- The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach released an updated Clean Air Action Plan that sets even stricter goals for reducing toxic air contaminants than were contained in the original CAAP of 2006. The updated plan contains guidelines for pollution reduction from port operations through 2025... Under the original CAAP in 2006, the neighboring ports set a goal of reducing total air pollution 45 percent by next year. The ports report significant progress toward achieving that goal. Emission reductions are being achieved in all areas of port operations including vessels, harbor craft, marine terminal equipment, trucks and trains... The CAAP process calls for regular reviews and updates. This first update released Wednesday includes new, stricter emissions goals. By 2014, the ports intend to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions 22 percent, sulfur oxide emissions 93 percent and diesel particulate matter 72 percent... By 2023, NOx emissions should be reduced 59 percent, SOx emissions 93 percent and DPM 77 percent... Also, the ports set a goal by 2020 of lowering the residential cancer risk due to diesel particulate pollution 85 percent in the port region and communities adjacent to the ports... The Southern California ports are implementing the CAAP through a mix of incentives and requirements contained in the terminal leases. The ports offer various financial incentives to shipping lines and terminal operators, such as reductions in port charges for slow-steaming into port...
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