Swift to Pay Port of Los Angeles $4 Million

Swift Transportation, the nation’s largest truckload carrier, will pay $4 million to the Port of Los Angeles to settle a dispute related to the port’s clean trucks program.

The port claims Phoenix-based Swift failed to live up to the requirements of a truck purchasing agreement, according to a report from the DailyBreeze.com. The port gave Swift more than $11.8 million to purchase nearly 600 trucks, but many of those trucks did not make a required 150 trips to the port each year.

The DailyBreeze.com reports the Port of Los Angeles granted $44 million to 56 motor carriers to purchase trucks through its Clean Trucks Program.

-- Contact William B. Cassidy at wcassidy@joc.com. Follow him on Twitter @wbcassidy_joc.