Narrative:

Taxiing into [ramp parking] spot at lax. We had [another] airplane directly in front of us as we taxied in. The preceding aircraft had moved far enough down the lane to allow us to follow them in safely. As I was taxiing through the throat; two fuel trucks were observed by myself and the first officer to be driving past the preceding airplane on the active taxiway. From what I could tell; the aircraft in front of us was still under its own power and the tug had not yet had a chance to hook up to the aircraft. The trucks were; at best; over-anxious to move past them. After they passed the aircraft in front of us they continued toward us while I was still actively taxiing. Both trucks were squarely in the taxi lane with no part of their vehicles was on the proper side of the taxiway clearance lines. I had to bring my aircraft to a halt because the trucks were driving toward my left wing without clearance while in the taxiway. The trucks then stopped; on the active taxiway; abeam the cockpit of my aircraft. The smaller of the two; which had been following the first larger truck; apparently understood the need to get off the taxiway and he went around the large truck to get out of the way. The larger truck sat on the taxiway; blocking our progress for about two minutes. Repeated flashing of the runway turnoff lights finally got him to get off of the taxiway.the operators of these trucks had little; if any; respect for aircraft priority on taxiways. I have not seen something this blatant in ground operations in 30 years of flying. Please work with this fueler to bring their operators within the rules for ground ops. Lack of proper training for fuel truck operators. Retraining of the personnel involved; and restating of the policies to other drivers in the employer's workforce.

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Title: MD-11 Captain reported a fuel truck did not follow proper procedures and interfered with his taxi on the ramp at LAX.

Narrative: Taxiing into [ramp parking] spot at LAX. We had [another] airplane directly in front of us as we taxied in. The preceding aircraft had moved far enough down the lane to allow us to follow them in safely. As I was taxiing through the throat; two fuel trucks were observed by myself and the first officer to be driving past the preceding airplane on the active taxiway. From what I could tell; the aircraft in front of us was still under its own power and the tug had not yet had a chance to hook up to the aircraft. The trucks were; at best; over-anxious to move past them. After they passed the aircraft in front of us they continued toward us while I was still actively taxiing. Both trucks were squarely in the taxi lane with no part of their vehicles was on the proper side of the taxiway clearance lines. I had to bring my aircraft to a halt because the trucks were driving toward my left wing without clearance while in the taxiway. The trucks then stopped; on the active taxiway; abeam the cockpit of my aircraft. The smaller of the two; which had been following the first larger truck; apparently understood the need to get off the taxiway and he went around the large truck to get out of the way. The larger truck sat on the taxiway; blocking our progress for about two minutes. Repeated flashing of the runway turnoff lights finally got him to get off of the taxiway.The operators of these trucks had little; if any; respect for aircraft priority on taxiways. I have not seen something this blatant in ground operations in 30 years of flying. Please work with this fueler to bring their operators within the rules for ground ops. Lack of proper training for fuel truck operators. Retraining of the personnel involved; and restating of the policies to other drivers in the employer's workforce.

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