Southern California Ports' Clean Trucks Program effective Feb, 18 2009(CTP)
Please be reminded of the Clean Trucks Program that has been instated by the Ports of Los Angeles and Ports of Long Beach has become effective as of February 18, 2009. Details of the program is available from their web sites :
The fee-collection process through PortCheck, a newly formed company.
For more information on PortCheck, please visit www.pierpass-tmf.org or contact the PortCheck customer service at questions@portcheck.org or 1-877-863-3310 (inside the United States) or 1-801-559-8078 (outside the United States).
For more Information on the Clean Trucks Program of the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, please visit the ports' web sites:-
Port of Long Beach:
http://www.polb.com/environment/cleantrucks/default.asp
Port of Los Angeles:
http://portofla.org/environment/ctp.asp All customers using these two ports for import and export will be impacted and just to highlight several major areas:
All 1988 and older trucks will be banned. - A Clean Truck Fee of $35 per TEU ($70 for lager sizes) will be assessed by the terminal operator for all loaded containers entering or leaving the terminal gate via a drayage truck, except that if the truck used is 2007 or later model with EPA compliant and not purchased with port's fund or trucks using alternative fuel (e.g LNG) will be exempted from the fee application.
- Beneficial Cargo Owner is responsible for the Clean Truck Fee.
Please refer to the two ports should you have any further questions.
