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2018 July 4   16:35

Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles start push for zero - emissions from trucks

Harbor Commissioners for the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles have  approved measures to ensure new trucks just entering drayage service meet the  cleanest engine standards,  a step designed to accelerate the reduction of  harmful air emissions from trucks. The move will require new trucks that visit marine terminals to be 2014 model  year or newer. The requirement takes effect Oct. 1, 2018, and applies only to  trucks that are not currently registered in the  Ports Drayage Truck Registry (PDTR).

The Los Angeles Board of Harbor  Commissioners  approved  the  tariff  amendment on June 21. The Long Beach  Board of Harbor Commissioners took a  similar action on June 25. Final approval is  expected in July. The requirement does not  apply to trucks already registered in the PDTR and current on their annual  registration dues; those trucks will be able to continue operating.

All trucks in port  service are currently required to be 2007 model yea r or newer. About half of the  trucks registered in the PDTR are at least 2010 model year. The two neighboring ports coordinate on truck standards and other air quality  measures as part of the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP). The  tariff change is the first in a series of near - term and long - term steps the ports are  taking to advance clean truck progress under the 2017 CAAP Update, approved  last November. New strategies seek to phase out older trucks, with a goal of  transitioning to zero - emis sions trucks by 2035.

Future steps include waiving the annual PDTR registration fee for near - zero and  zero emissions trucks and charging a rate for cargo moves by truck with  exemptions for trucks that meet near - zero and zero emissions standards. The  latte r is envisioned to begin in mid - 2020. The ports will conduct a truck rate study  and feasibility assessments prior to proposing rate changes.

About 17,000 trucks  are registered to work in the San Pedro Bay port complex. Reducing pollution from heavy - duty trucks has played a major role in dramatic clean air progress at the San Pedro Bay Ports. Since 2005, the ports have  reduced overall emissions of diesel particulate matter 87 percent, sulfur dioxide 97 percent and nitrogen oxides 56 percent, according to th e most recent air  emissions inventories.

The Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach are the two largest ports in the  nation, first and second respectively, and combined are the ninth - largest  port  complex in the world. The two ports handle nearly 40 percent of the nation’s total  containerized import traffic and 25 percent of its total exports. Trade that flows  through the San Pedro Bay ports complex generates more than 3 million jobs  nationwide.

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