Category: Operations

Clean Air Action Program

Post author By Tricon Transportation
Post date October 1, 2008
Categories In Intermodal, Operations

Here is an overview of what the Clean Air Action Program (CAAP) is all about. The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have levied mandates on the port trucking community to use only trucks that are 2007 technology, or later. Currently the plan has barred any truck manufactured before 1990 from entering the port […]

PierPass / TMF Information

Post author By Tricon Transportation
Post date November 1, 2004
Categories In Intermodal, Operations

In 2005, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were mandated to increase their hours of service to the trucking community. To insure participation during the “night gate” hours of 6:00 P.M. to 2:30 A.M., a TMF (Traffic Mitigation Fee) was introduced for all loaded containers being picked up or delivered to the two […]