America New: Ports of LA & Long Beach issue RFP for GPS-enabled LNG truck fleet
The San Pedro Bay ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have issued a joint Request for Proposals (RFP) to seek qualified applicants for a new $22 million LNG Truck Program.
The Ports have each allocated $8 million to the project, and the South Coast Air Quality Management District has allocated $6 million.
The Program is open to fleets of any size, including independent operators, with a maximum of $144,000 funding per truck.
Under the Program, pre-1989 heavy-duty diesel trucks would be scrapped and replaced with 2006 model year, or newer, heavy-duty LNG trucks.
All Program-funded funded are required to have electronic monitoring units with GPS capability installed prior to delivery of the vehicle.
According to the Port of LA executive director Geraldine Knatz, the Program aims to clean up the nearly 22,000 truck trips that occur at the port complex in a single day.
