Ports of LA, Long Beach delay container fee once again

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach announced connected Monday, Dec. 6, that they volition hold for the 4th clip a interest connected companies whose containers linger astatine marine terminals.

The interest won’t statesman until astatine slightest Dec. 13.

The fee, which was announced Oct. 25, has been delayed aggregate times due to the fact that of what larboard officials accidental is advancement successful reducing the fig of larboard containers astatine the terminal. The ports reported Monday a 37% diminution successful aging cargo connected the docks since they announced the fee. Over the adjacent week, larboard officials volition show and reassess the fee’s implementation.

“There’s been important betterment successful clearing import containers from our docks successful caller weeks,” Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said Nov. 15, erstwhile the interest was archetypal delayed. The interest was delayed again connected Nov. 22 and Nov. 29.

“I’m grateful to the galore nodes of the proviso chain, from shipping lines, marine terminals, trucks and cargo owners,” Seroka added, “for their accrued collaborative efforts.”

The interest is 1 of respective efforts to velocity the processing of cargo astatine the San Pedro Port Complex and destruct a backlog of ships trying to present merchandise. Port of Los Angeles officials said erstwhile the argumentation was announced that astir 40% of import containers were idling astatine terminals for astatine slightest 9 days.

Both Long Beach’s and Los Angeles’ harbor commissions unanimously approved the argumentation connected Oct. 29, to beryllium successful effect for 90 days.

The fines, if implemented, volition statesman astatine $100 per container, expanding by $100 per instrumentality each day. Containers acceptable to beryllium transported by motortruck volition incur fines if they stay astatine the larboard for 9 days oregon more. For obstruction containers, fines volition beryllium assessed if they are astatine the larboard for 3 days oregon more.

Fees collected from the argumentation volition beryllium reinvested into programs that purpose to heighten efficiency, accelerate cargo velocity and code congestion impacts.

The argumentation to instrumentality the fees was developed successful coordination with the Biden-Harris Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and proviso concatenation stakeholders.

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