Toting

The first of what proponents hope will be thousands of clean-fueled, heavy-duty cargo-toting trucks arrived at the combined Long Beach and Los Angeles Ports Tuesday, beginning a 12-month demonstration of compressed natural gas (CNG)-fueled transport of containers off-loaded from ships in the nation’s busiest port facility. Sempra Energy, regional air pollution regulators and the two ports are collaborating in the effort to replace diesel-powered transport.