Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka would like to see more truckers taking on an unprecedented freight surge at the nation’s busiest port.
The problem however is that the port is calling for increasingly tough zero-emission truck policies which, according to a major port player, are already hampering drayage capacity even though these clean air polices haven’t taken effect.
“The new Clean Air Action Plan, even though it’s not even being enforced yet, is absolutely keeping a lid on drayage capacity,” NFI’s senior vice president of port services Aaron Brown said this week during the company’s 2022 Supply Chain Outlook Webinar.
Brown’s comments come as the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach announce an upcoming $10 charge per container fee for trucks that fail to meet zero emission compliance. The fee, which takes effect April 1, is expected to raise $90 million between the two ports in its first year. Revenue raised for the Clean Truck Fund will support the adoption of zero-emissions trucks and infrastructure to help the ports eliminate truck emissions by 2035.
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