Truckers chafe at charges levied for late returns during lockout. (Up Front).

From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: April 14, 2003| Author: Greenberg, David | Copyright information

Local trucking companies and global steamship lines have squared off in a dispute over who should pay the bills for the 10-day lockout at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach last fall and the five months of port congestion that followed.

For some time, truckers have been receiving bills from shipping lines totaling in the millions of dollars for late returns during those congested periods. The truckers, who have been tagged for as much as $80,000 each, say they had n...

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