192916 Resource 165493 94146 94146 1198169484896 1201280718941 Controlled Drayage charge implemented in Long Beach California ports

A $35 charge per loaded TEU will be assessed to each loaded TEU entering or leaving the port. The money will be used to get the fleet ready for 2012 when the new emission standards come into effect.

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><font color="#000000">A $35 charge on every loaded TEU (twenty foot equivalent) leaving or entering the ports in <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Long Beach</city> <state w:st="on">California</state></place> will be imposed beginning June 1, 2008.<span>&nbsp;</span>This will increase the cost to ship products in and out of the ports.<span>&nbsp;</span>Many shipping companies have voiced their concerns with the drayage charge imposed, but there is little action that they can do.&nbsp;</font></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><font color="#000000"></font></span></p><p /><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><font color="#000000">The tax will be in effect through 2012, when there is an emissions standard on all trucks in the ports.<span>&nbsp;</span>The money received from this charge will be used &ldquo;to finance the replacement and retrofit of the drayage fleet.&rdquo;<span>&nbsp;</span>This only applies to trucks, not rail transportation.<span>&nbsp;</span></font></span></p><p /> 9 application/xml false California Ports Drayage Long Beach Port Ocean Freight Logistics Management http://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/CA6513693.html Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071127 Firefox/2.0.0.11 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 Establish 208.105.4.154 false true false false true 187565 false false true false false false true 165493 blog blogsite/ChinaSupplyChain/web