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A program to phase out old diesel-fueled trucks that serve British Columbia’s Port of Vancouver is expected to begin on Sept. 15, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority announced Wednesday, June 15. The program, which aims to cap the age of trucks that come to the port to those built in the year 2006 or later, affects a fleet of 1,800 trucks that perform roughly 30,000 port moves on average every week. According to the port authority about 80% of trucks already comply with the new mandate, which requires older models to be swapped out with “newer, lower-emission trucks that meet…