A proposal that new companies locating in Los Angeles be given a three-year exemption from paying the city business tax would be a 鈥渟hot in the arm鈥 for the Port of Los Angeles and the harbor community, port officials said.
June 22, 2010Business, Government, Logistics
鈥楾ax Holiday鈥 Seen Helping Port of Los Angeles, Officials Say
Business, Government, Logistics
L.A. Port OKs Plan to Ease Requirements for Minimum Number of Truck Trips
Harbor commissioners at the Port of Los Angeles late last week approved a proposal that will allow drayage operators 鈥 who were provided millions of dollars for the purchase of newer, cleaner trucks 鈥 to cut in half a requirement that they make a minimum of 300 annual trips to the port.
June 21, 2010Business, Government, Logistics
Trucks Waiting Longer at Calif. Ports as Cargo Rise Hits Leaner Terminals
An increase in cargo traffic and warehouse staffing cutbacks at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have left trucks at the ports waiting in longer lines to enter terminal gates, port officials said.
June 14, 2010Business, Government, Logistics
Port鈥檚 Clean Trucks Program Cuts Emissions
Officials at the Port of Los Angeles are crediting their clean trucks program for significantly lowering diesel emissions in 2009.
June 14, 2010Government, Business, Logistics
Port of L.A. Cites Clean Truck Program for Reduced Emissions
Officials at the Port of Los Angeles are crediting their clean trucks program, which resulted in significant turn-over of older trucks to newer and cleaner trucks, for significantly lowering port-wide diesel emissions in 2009.
June 8, 2010Business, Government, Logistics
ATA, Los Angeles Port to File Final Briefs after Heated 鈥楥lean Trucks鈥 Trial Concludes
After facing off in federal court in Los Angeles last month, attorneys for American Trucking Associations and the Port of Los Angeles are expected to file their final post-trial briefs this week in the contentious court dispute over parts of the port鈥檚 clean trucks program.
May 10, 2010