On October 1st, both the Port of Long Beach as well as the Port of Los Angeles will begin implementing the Clean Truck Tariff (CTT). The CCT is mechanism created to help fund the modernization of the ports' drayage fleet as part of the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP), that both ports jointly adopted in November 2006.
The CAAP was adopted out of a critical need for the ports to address the environmental and public health impacts of port-related goods movement on those who work in the harbor area or live in the South Coast Air Basin. The Ports have established a goal to reduce pollution from the trucks that dray cargo to and from the harbor by 80 percent over a five-year period, and overall pollution by 45 percent by 2012. Reducing port-related air pollution will enable the ports to accommodate the substantial growth in international trade that is expected over the next several decades.
In order to achieve the objectives of the CAAP, the ports approved the CTT in October, 2007. The CTT includes the creation of a Clean Truck Fee (CTF). The CTF is a $35/TEU fee that will be charged to the owner of the containerized cargo. CTF funds will be used to help pay for the purchase and use of truck technology that is significantly cleaner than the in-use drayage truck fleet, and will substantially help the ports meet the goal of a net emission reduction from current pollution levels.
The CTT also will require all Marine Terminal Operators to collect the CTF on containers that move through their terminals. Be advised that, beginning October 1, 2008, the process of claiming cargo in the 13 container terminals will be substantially altered.
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