PORT OF LA, LONG BEACH PUT ‘DWELL FEE’ ON HOLD UNTIL FEBRUARY 25

The Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach announced that they have put off consideration of the “Container Dwell Fee” for one more week, until February 25 citing continued improvement in port movements.

The two San Pedro Bay ports said they have seen a combined decline of 71% in aging cargo on the docks since the program was announced on October 25.

In a statement, it said the executive directors of both ports will reassess fee implementation after monitoring data over the next week.

Meanwhile, fee implementation has been postponed by both ports since the start of the program.

Under the temporary policy, ocean carriers can be charged for each import container dwelling nine days or more at the terminal. Currently, no date has been set to start the count with respect to container dwell time.

The ports plan to charge ocean carriers US$100 per container, increasing in US$100 increments per container per day until the container leaves the terminal.

The ports noted that any fees collected from dwelling cargo will be reinvested for programs designed to enhance efficiency, accelerate cargo velocity and address congestion impacts.