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19 Apr

San Pedro Bay Ports’ Container Dwell Fee Still on Hold

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The Long Beach and Los Angeles seaports have moved the implementation date of the “Container Dwell Fee,” a fee that would charge ocean carriers for lingering containers, until April 22. Leaders at both ports have delayed the fee weekly based on how well containers have been moving out of marine terminals. So far, the adjoining ports say, they have seen the amount of older cargo left on their docks drop by 42% since announcing the program Oct. 25. Los Angeles and Long Beach port leaders have said they plan to continue monitoring that progress throughout the week. The temporary fee,…

12 Apr

LA, Long Beach Ports’ Container Dwell Fee Start Again Postponed

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The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have again moved the start date of a fee that would charge ocean carriers for lingering cargo containers. The start date is now planned for April 15, but implementation will depend on the weekly progress of how many older imports are staying on the ports’ docks past their allotted time. So far, leaders from both ports have been seeing the number of aging containers fall by 49% since first announcing the fee Oct. 25. Recently, Pacific Merchant Shipping Association reported better dwell times for cargo leaving by truck in February, with an…

08 Apr

Los Angeles, Long Beach Ports Establish Clean Truck Fund Program

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The Los Angeles and Long Beach seaports this month formally kicked off the new Clean Truck Fund, which was established to further the development of zero-emission trucks and related infrastructure. The Clean Truck Fund program calls for the collection of at least $10 per loaded TEU on trucks coming and going from terminals. Containers hauled by zero-emission and low-nitrogen oxide-emitting drayage trucks may get short-term exemptions from the rate. The fund is expected to yield about $90 million in the first year of collection, according to the ports. “The launch of today’s program is an important step forward, yet much…

05 Apr

LA, Long Beach Ports Again Delay Container Dwell Fee

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As lingering cargo continues to steadily make its way out of the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, leaders from both ports have once again pushed back the start date to collect on container dwell fees from ocean carriers, this time to April 8. The fee, which would charge ocean carriers $100 for every import that stayed at terminals nine or more days plus $100 increments for every day a container remained, has been put on hold a week at a time since last fall as leaders review their dwell data. The pandemic has played a role in the…

29 Mar

San Pedro Bay Ports’ Container Dwell Fee Start Date Again Delayed

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A fee that would charge ocean carriers for lingering cargo containers at the Los Angeles and Long Beach seaports has again been postponed an additional week, this time to April 1. Leaders from both ports made the announcement following steady decline of older cargo leaving their docks. Since announcing the fee Oct. 25, the ports have watched lingering containers drop 57%. They plan to continue to monitor the progress week by week. The fee calls for ocean carriers to be billed $100 per container, with $100 daily increments per container until the container departs the terminal. Meanwhile, the Pacific Merchant…

22 Mar

Port of Long Beach Has Its Busiest Ever February

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The Port of Long Beach recorded the busiest February in its history last month, handling 796,560 TEUs, according to new data released by the port. Long Beach moved 3.2% more cargo last month than it did in February 2021, with imports rising by 4.4% to 390,335 TEUs; exports dropping 1.2% to 117,935 TEUs; and the number of empty containers moved growing 3.5% to 288,290 TEUs year over year. Port officials are crediting the numbers to the port’s ongoing progress of quickly moving aging cargo away from terminals. “We are moving record amounts of cargo and catching up with the ongoing…

22 Mar

Los Angeles, Long Beach Container Dwell Fee Put Off Yet Again

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Continued progress to lower the number of containers lingering on their docks has prompted the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to again postpone the start date of their “Container Dwell Fee.” Officials at the ports on March 18 delayed the fee’s start date to March 25 after the previous week’s data review showed a 62% drop in older cargo since announcing the fee Oct. 25. The temporary fee, which was developed last fall with the Biden-Harris Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force, U.S. Department of Transportation and the supply chain industry, would charge ocean carriers $100 for every import…