The Port of Los Angeles distributed $44 million in incentive checks as part of its Clean Truck Program by 2009 to pay for new trucks that meet 2007 emissions rules. Now, the port is asking for refunds after several megacarriers didn’t hold up their end of the deal.
The port has identified six companies that didn’t meet its obligations of making at least 150 trips a year, and is asking those companies to refund a portion of the incentives back.
Swift Transportation received $8.24 million in one check, and reportedly $11.8 million in total in the program, and a report sent to Land Line Magazine from the L.A. port shows Swift will owe $1.46 million.