LA, Lengthy Seaside Ports delay container surcharge till Nov. 22

SAN PEDRO, Calif. —The Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Lengthy Seaside have introduced that they are going to delay consideration of the “Container Dwell Price” directed at ocean carriers till Nov. 22.

“There’s been vital enchancment in clearing import containers from our docks in current weeks,” mentioned Port of Los Angeles Government Director Gene Seroka, including, “We’ll proceed to carefully monitor the info as we strategy November 22.”

Port of Lengthy Seaside Government Director Mario Cordero added, “We’re inspired by the progress our provide chain companions have made in serving to our terminals shed long-dwelling import containers. Clearly, everyone seems to be working collectively to hurry the motion of cargo and scale back the backlog of ships off the coast as shortly as attainable.”

For the reason that payment was introduced on Oct. 25, the dual ports have seen a decline of 26{6e11cad7ac0545e2324fbf6d445e3b83c9482a898fa074d95dae34b306dc1610} mixed in getting old cargo on the docks. This encouraging momentum helps a delay in implementation of the payment.

Below the short-term coverage authorized Oct. 29 by the Harbor Commissions of each ports, ocean carriers will likely be charged for every import container that falls into one in every of two classes: Within the case of containers scheduled to maneuver by truck, ocean carriers will likely be charged for each container dwelling 9 days or extra. For containers transferring by rail, ocean carriers will likely be charged if a container has dwelled for six days or extra.

The ports will cost ocean carriers in these two classes $100 per container, rising in $100 increments per container per day till the container leaves the terminal.

Any charges collected from dwelling cargo will likely be reinvested for applications designed to reinforce effectivity, speed up cargo velocity and handle congestion impacts.