1/13/04-A3492 – requiring marine terminals to ensure intermodal containers are not overweight or improperly loaded – has died.
Under the bill, an ocean marine terminal could be fined $500 if found to be violating this order.
The proposal would have forced terminal operators to weigh each intermodal container upon the container’s arrival at the terminal. It also called for overweight containers to either be repacked at the port or returned to the sender.
In the event of repacking, the terminal operator would be forced to pay a trucker $100 per hour that the container is detained. If a truck departs a terminal with an overweight container and is later stopped by state officials, the terminal operator would pay the trucker $100 per hour that the container is detained.
The bill was in the Assembly Transportation Committee when the session ended Jan. 12.

9/26/03-AB3492 would require marine terminals to ensure intermodal containers are not overweight or improperly loaded.
Under the bill, sponsored by Assemblyman John Wisniewski, D-Middlesex, an ocean marine terminal could be fined $500 if found to be violating this order.
The proposal would force terminal operators to weigh each intermodal container upon the container’s arrival at the terminal. Overweight containers may either be repacked at the port or returned to the sender.
In the event of repacking, the terminal operator is forced to pay a trucker $100 per hour that the container is detained. If a truck departs a terminal with an overweight container and is later stopped by state officials, the terminal operator will pay the trucker $100 per hour that the container is detained.
The bill is in the Assembly Transportation Committee. For bill status, call (609) 292-4840. In New Jersey, call 1-800-792-8630.