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Article: Federal board seeks halt of port truck rules
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- Daily Breeze
- Article date:
- November 18, 2008
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The Federal Maritime Commission on Tuesday asked a federal court
to block portions of the Clean Trucks Program adopted by the ports
of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
The three-member panel has harshly criticized the ports'
provision to require freight haulers to obtain "concession
contracts" to access harbor terminals, saying it was
anticompetitive.
The FMC is also asking the U.S. District Court in Washington,
D.C., to block the Port of Los Angeles from requiring freight
haulers to hire drivers as employees, leading to a gradual ban on
independent owner-operator truckers within five years.
The ports ...