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Cargo Fee * USA - Long Beach port approves $35-$70
Port authorities approved a controversial container fee Monday expected to generate $1.6 billion to subsidize the purchase of cleaner trucks working in the nation's largest seaport
Long Beach,CAL,USA -The Press Telegram, by Kristopher Hanson -17 Dec 2007: -- ... The fee, approved unanimously by the Port of Long Beach Harbor Commission, will be tacked onto every loaded container leaving or entering waterfront marine terminals by truck beginning June 1 and ending in 2012... Under the plan, each 20-foot long container will be levied $35 each time it enters or exits a terminal. Forty-foot containers will be charged $70...(Video YouTube, by danieljbmitchell -August 15, 2007: "Port Homeland Security in Los Angeles - Part One " - The combined ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are the largest such complex in the U.S. and one of the largest in the world. As such, the ports are a potential terrorist target. This video suggests underfunding and inadequate attention to homeland security at the ports. It also notes the proliferation of agencies involved in security and the need for coordination)
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