The controversial Clean Truck Fee (CTF) assessed by the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach that was scheduled to begin on November 17, 2008 has been indefinitely delayed in order to finalize certain procedural issues. The CTF imposes a fee of $70 for an FEU and $35 for a TEU.  The arrangement between the two shipping ports and PortCheck (the company contracted to collect the fees) is pending approval by the Federal Maritime Commission.

The Federal Maritime Commission said October 29th that it would ask a U.S. District Court to strike down portions of a landmark pollution-control program at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the nation’s busiest international cargo complex.

Elements of the ports’ clean truck program are likely, by a reduction in competition, to produce an unreasonable increase in importing and exporting of goods, transportation cost or unreasonable reduction in service.

The new anticipated launch date has yet to be published.  United Global Services (UGS)  continues to monitor this situation to avoid delays in freight movement for our customers who are involved in over seas manufacturing, importing of manufactured goods and exporting of goods from the USA.