Long Beach Port to Charge Trucks Fee for Air Quality

Shipping containers are loaded onto trucks at the Port of Los Angeles, Calif., on Jan. 12, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Truckers heading into the Port of Long Beach will be hit with more fees next year.

Harbor commissioners voted Nov. 8 to charge trucks $10 per 20-foot equivalent unit, a standard measure for one 20-foot-long cargo container, if they don’t meet a zero-emissions standard.