Port Moves Forward with Clean Trucks
Program will modernize truck fleet and improve air quality  The Port of Long Beach has launched a Clean Trucks Program that will reduce air pollution from harbor trucks by more than 80 percent by 2012.
Beginning October 1, 2008, 1988 and older trucks were banned. Beginning January 1, 2010, 1993 and older trucks will be banned, and 1994-2003 trucks will need to be retrofitted or replaced. The program progressively bans all trucks that don't meet 2007 emission standards by 2012. To finance truck replacement, the Port of Long Beach is collecting a fee on loaded containers ($35 per loaded twenty-foot equivalent unit and smaller; $70 for larger containers).
To view all important documents, including applications and concessions, please visit our Clean Trucks Documents page by clicking here.
Important Clean Trucks Information:
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 Clean Energy Fuels has opened a new LNG and CNG fueling station
at corner of Anaheim and 1st streets at the Port of Long Beach.
The station has two 25,000-gallon liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks, six LNG dispensers, and two compressed natural gas (CNG) dispensers and is open to trucks 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
This is the second station to serve the ports area for cleaner fuel burning trucks and the world's largest station of its kind.
(posted: 7/1/2009)
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|  Trucks that call at non-containers terminals at the Port of Long Beach, which are not equipped with radio frequency identification (RFID) tag readers, will need to display a Non-Container Terminal Access Sticker. Obtain a Sticker Request form here.
For more information, check out the Terminal Access Sticker FAQ here.
(posted: 6/5/2009)
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|  A Federal Court issued a decision April 29, 2009, allowing the Concession Agreement for the Clean Trucks Program, but not such requirements as hiring preferences, parking plans, health insurance and financial report. For more details click here. Based on the ruling, the Port has revised the Concession Agreement, click here.
(posted: 5/6/2009)
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|  New guidelines for the Clean Truck Fee have gone into effect in the Port of Long Beach, to encourage private investment in cleaner trucks. Click HERE to see a fact sheet on the changes. Click HERE for comparison of fee at the Port Long Beach and fee at the Port of Los Angeles. For more information about the Clean Trucks Program itself, click HERE.
(posted: 5/5/2009)
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|  U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Leon issued a decision Wednesday, April 15 denying the Federal Maritime Commission's request for a preliminary injunction to block elements of the Port of Long Beach's landmark Clean Trucks Program, including the collection of a fee to finance a fleet of less-polluting replacement trucks.
(posted: 4/17/2009)
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