Pacer deploying clean truck equipment in Southern California
The 230 new trucks will be leased to Pacer’s owner operators. Pacer has the option to add 150 more trucks as market conditions warrant. The company will start accepting delivery of the new trucks in late November and plans to have all 230 deployed by the end of this year, it noted.
The Trucker News Services
11/13/2008
CONCORD, Calif. — Pacer International Inc. subsidiaries Pacer Cartage Inc., Harbor Rail Transport, and PDS Trucking, Inc., a subsidiary of Pacer Distribution Services Inc., will deploy 230 new clean trucks for use in their Southern California operations beginning in late November, the parent company reports.
The new truck program will allow Pacer customers to minimize their exposure to the clean air fees that have recently been instituted by the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach under their Clean Truck Program, the company said, noting the Pacer trucking companies are already compliant with all other Los Angeles and Long Beach port requirements, including the new radio frequency identification (RFID) requirements made effective November 10.
The 230 new trucks will be leased to Pacer’s owner operators. Pacer has the option to add 150 more trucks as market conditions warrant. The company will start accepting delivery of the new trucks in late November and plans to have all 230 deployed by the end of this year, it noted.
“This is an important step for our customers as well as the local community. By deploying the new trucks Pacer will reduce our customers’ exposure to the $35 per TEU [20 foot equivalent unit] fee and meet the ports’ new emission standards,” Dan Avramovich, Retail Intermodal Services president for Pacer International said. “Also, as a SmartWay partner, we are very pleased to further reduce emissions and improve fuel efficiency of our fleet.”
Pacer International’s intermodal segment offers wholesale services provided by Pacer Stacktrain and Pacer Cartage, as well as retail services through its Rail Brokerage group. The logistics segment provides retail truck brokerage, trucking, warehousing and distribution, international freight forwarding, and supply-chain management services. Pacer International is headquartered in Concord, Calif. Its intermodal and logistics operating segments are headquartered in Concord and in Dublin, Ohio, respectively.