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TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA: Los Angeles & Long Beach congestion
* California - Trucking group seeks exemption to ease congestion at Los Angeles / Long Beach ports
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -Press Telegram -6 Nov 2014: -- Port congestion is getting out of control as truckers are waiting hours to get in to terminals to load containers... Facing unprecedented congestion at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the Harbor Trucking Association announced Thursday that it will seek an exemption from a federal mandate that regulates when truck drivers can work... The association will petition the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for an exemption to a provision requiring a 34-hour rest period for truckers, which would allow one of the largest marine terminal operators on the waterfront, Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT), to open its gates on Sundays to move backed-up cargo... The exemption would give drivers more flexibility in their work schedule, said Alex Cherin, executive director of the Harbor Trucking Association, adding that the so-called restart provision applies more to long-haul truckers... Customers have been complaining about delays in the delivery of goods due mostly to unresolved labor talks, the lack of available chassis, or trailers, to carry cargo, and the arrival of bigger vessels delivering larger quantities of goods...
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