Long Beach CLP dispute settled

News 24 Oct 2009 by WCN Editorial

The Port of Long Beach (POLB) Harbor Commission and the American Trucking Associations (ATA) have announced a settlement to the lawsuit brought by the ATA. This resolves the final legal challenge to the port’s year old Clean Trucks Program

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While the settlement is expected to end litigation with the POLB, litigation with the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) is expected to continue. The main outstanding issues with the POLA is the proposed ban on owner-operator drivers.

In reaching the agreement ATA President and CEO Bill Graves said: “ATA has always supported the environmental objectives of the port and supports strict compliance with and adherence to all safety and security laws and regulations.”

The settlement is based upon a new motor carrier registration process, referred to as a Registration and Agreement, which will replace the port‘s Concession Agreement contained in its existing CTP.

All motor carriers wishing to perform drayage services at the POLB must, via the new Registration and Agreement Form, register with the port and agree to provide certain operational information to assist the port in monitoring motor carrier compliance with various safety, environmental and security regulations pertaining to the provision of drayage services at the port. Registration by a motor carrier is effective upon submission of the completed form accompanied by the $250 registration fee.

More than 900 trucking companies and more than 16,900 trucks are already registered with the port and equipped with RFID tags.

Under the Concession Agreement, the port could withhold permission even if trucking companies met the environmental, safety and security requirements (although Long Beach never invoked those provisions).