Daily fee for import cargo, the new measure to ease California congestion

The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles will begin assessing a surcharge to ocean carriers for import containers that dwell on marine terminals in an effort to improve cargo movement amid congestion.

Under the new policy, the ports will charge ocean carriers for each container that falls into one of the following two categories.

  • In the case of containers scheduled to move by truck, ocean carriers will be charged for every container dwelling nine days or more.
  • For containers moving by rail, ocean...

https://container-news.com/daily-fee-for-import-cargo-the-new-measure-to-ease-california-congestion/

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