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 within five years. 

The Clean Trucks Program is outlined in the San Pedro Bay Ports' Clean Air Action Plan. Diesel-powered harbor trucks are a major source of air pollution. The Clean Trucks Program calls for drayage truck owners to scrap and replace about 16,000 polluting trucks working at the ports, with the assistance of a port-sponsored grant or loan subsidy.

Under Long Beach's "concession" plan, truckers can lease to own a new truck for as little as $500 a month, including pre-paid maintenance. They can choose to work as employees or owner operators. Health insurance options will be provided. Truckers will need to have a federal Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC).

Beginning October 1, 2008, 1988 and older trucks will be banned. The program progressively bans all trucks that don't meet 2007 emission standards by 2012. To finance the $2 billion truck replacement program, the Port of Long Beach will levy a fee on loaded containers ($35 per loaded twenty-foot equivalent unit) beginning October 1.

Click here for the Concession Application.
Click here for the Concession Agreement.

Click here for Licensed Motor Carrier information flier.

Click here for IOO information flier in English.
Click here for IOO information flier in Spanish.

Click here for Healthy Driver Program insurance options in English.
Click here for Healthy Driver Program insurance options in Spanish.

Click here for the Application for Truck Replacement Funding (Proposition 1B Only Funding)
Click here for the Application for Truck Replacement Funding 

For more information, sign up for email updates (news releases), or call 1-888-KLN-TRUX (888-556-8789). For frequently asked questions, see the Clean Trucks FAQ. To find Port Truck Jobs or to recruit drivers, click here.

Click here for the Prop 1B Program Update (Availability of truck replacement funds under the Goods Movement Emission Reduction Program)

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