A New York Congressman introduced a bill that would allow the Port of Los Angeles to implement its employee-only clean trucks plan supported by the Teamsters union.
August 2, 2010BusinessGovernmentLogistics
L.A. Port Staff Suggests Delaying Start Date of Owner-Operator Ban Until End of 2011
Port of Los Angeles staff members are recommending that harbor commissioners push back until the end of 2011 the first phase of the port鈥檚 clean trucks program requiring that employee-only drivers move drayage trucks.
September 27, 2010GovernmentBusinessLogistics
Wait Times Fall at So. Calif. Ports
Container pick-up turn times for drayage operators at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are improving due to additional gate openings, increased staff and flex lunch hour shifts, motor carriers and terminal operators said Monday.聽
September 14, 2010BusinessGovernmentLogistics
Port of Los Angeles to Delay Driver Ban
The Port of Los Angeles said it would delay enforcement of a ban on independent drayage operators despite a federal judge鈥檚 ruling upholding the legality of that ban as part of the port鈥檚 controversial clean-trucks plan.
September 6, 2010GovernmentBusinessLogistics
SoCal Port Plan Awaits Judge鈥檚 Decision
The introduction of a new bill aimed at giving ports more authority to enact environmental regulations is expanding the battle over the Port of Los Angeles鈥 controversial employee-only clean trucks plan from the courts to Congress.
August 3, 2010BusinessGovernmentLogistics
Clerks Strike at Ports of L.A., Long Beach
Officials with the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach said shipping terminals were open and operating this week during negotiations between terminal operators and a striking shipping clerks union.
July 9, 2010BusinessGovernmentLogistics
鈥楾ax Holiday鈥 Seen Helping Port of Los Angeles, Officials Say
A proposal that new companies locating in Los Angeles be given a three-year exemption from paying the city business tax would be a 鈥渟hot in the arm鈥 for the Port of Los Angeles and the harbor community, port officials said.
June 22, 2010BusinessGovernmentLogistics
L.A. Port OKs Plan to Ease Requirements for Minimum Number of Truck Trips
Harbor commissioners at the Port of Los Angeles late last week approved a proposal that will allow drayage operators 鈥 who were provided millions of dollars for the purchase of newer, cleaner trucks 鈥 to cut in half a requirement that they make a minimum of 300 annual trips to the port.
June 21, 2010BusinessGovernmentLogistics
Trucks Waiting Longer at Calif. Ports as Cargo Rise Hits Leaner Terminals
An increase in cargo traffic and warehouse staffing cutbacks at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have left trucks at the ports waiting in longer lines to enter terminal gates, port officials said.
June 14, 2010BusinessGovernmentLogistics
Port鈥檚 Clean Trucks Program Cuts Emissions
Officials at the Port of Los Angeles are crediting their clean trucks program for significantly lowering diesel emissions in 2009.
June 14, 2010