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30 May

Container Dwell Times Up Slightly at San Pedro Bay Ports: PMSA

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online News#sanpedrobay, dwelltimes, pmsa

The amount of cargo that lingered at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach before leaving by truck or by rail rose slightly last month but stayed within pre-pandemic levels, according to new data released May 23 by the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association. Container dwell time at the twin ports went up from 2.5 days in March to 3.1 days in April for cargo that left by truck and rose from 4.1 days in March to 4.7 days in April for containers departing by rail. This is in line with what has been trending for much of 2023 when…

25 Apr

Cargo Numbers Down at POLB, Dwell Time Falls at San Pedro Bay Ports

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online News#sanpedrobay, dwelltimes, polb

High inventory stocks and cargo diversions to East and Gulf Coast seaports continue to affect cargo numbers at the Port of Long Beach, where March container trade dropped by almost one-third year over year, according to data released April 19. Long Beach handled 30% fewer containers last month to 603,878 TEUs. March 2022 was the busiest March in the port’s history. Imports also fell 34.7% year over year to 279,148 TEUs, while exports rose 16.9% to 133,512 TEUs. Meanwhile, empty containers fell 40.5% to 191,218 TEUs. “Warehouses remain full and fewer cargo containers are crossing the docks because consumer spending…

22 Apr

San Pedro Bay Ports’ Container Dwell Time Rose in March, Data Show

Mark Edward NeroNews, News Briefs, PMM Online News, Terminal Operations#sanpedrobay, pola, polb

Container dwell time – the amount of time a container stays at a marine terminal after it is unloaded from an ocean carrier and taken off the premises by a truck or by rail – increased at San Pedro Bay ports in March, according to new data compiled by the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association. In March, containers leaving on trucks remained on terminals for an average of 6.26 days, up from 5.84 days the month before. Dwell time for containers leaving on rail increased by more than two days with an average of 7.7 days in March, up from 5.2…

22 Mar

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

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online News#portoflongbeach, #portoflosangeles, #sanpedrobay, containerdwellfee, polb

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…