Los Angeles, Long Beach Ports Establish Clean Truck Fund Program

Los Angeles, Long Beach Ports Establish Clean Truck Fund Program

The Los Angeles and Long Beach seaports this month formally kicked off the new Clean Truck Fund, which was established to further the development of zero-emission trucks and related infrastructure.   The Clean Truck Fund program calls for the collection of at least $10 per loaded TEU on trucks coming and going from terminals. Containers hauled by zero-emission and low-nitrogen oxide-emitting drayage trucks may get short-term exemptions from the rate.   The fund is expected to yield about $90 million in the first year of collection, according to the ports.   “The launch of today’s program is an important step forward, yet much…
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