Port Houston moving forward with container dwell fees after delay

After two months of delays, Port Houston will begin implementing dwell fees at its two container terminals starting Feb. 1.

The fees are aimed at shipping companies that allow their containers to stay too long at the Texas port’s crowded marine facilities and keep goods moving efficiently to the consumers in the region, authorities said.

“The sustained import dwell fee is intended to minimize long-term storage of containers on the terminals and promote fluidity of cargo movement,” Roger Guenther,...

LA/LB ports postpone “container dwell fee” despite Maersk warning

San Pedro Bay ports have postponed again the implementation of the “Container Dwell Fee” for another week, until 3 June, despite Maersk’s recent warning.

This decision has been taken because since the announcement of the programme on 25 October, the ports of Los Angeles (POLA) and Long Beach (POLB) have seen a combined 48% reduction in aging cargo on the docks.

However, the executive directors of the ports will re-evaluate the implementation of the fees after monitoring the data next week. The...

https://container-news.com/la-lb-ports-postpone-container-dwell-fee-despite-maersk-warning/

Will Long Beach’s sunny spring be followed by stormy summer?

The Port of Long Beach reported its busiest March ever and “the most active quarter on record as long-dwelling cargo continued to move out of marine terminals.”

The port moved 864,156 twenty-foot equivalent units last month, up 2.7% from the previous record set in March 2021. Imports increased 4.7% year-over-year to 427,280 TEUs, while exports declined 18.3% to 114,185 TEUs. Empty containers “jumped” 10% to 321,691 TEUs, the port said in Thursday’s announcement. 

The Port of Long Beach said March...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/will-long-beachs-sunny-spring-be-followed-by-stormy-summer

Port of Long Beach smashes annual record despite December ‘speed bump’

The Port of Long Beach reported Wednesday that it moved more cargo in 2021 than any year in its 110-year history. The news was not a surprise: The world had watched as the port was flooded with what it called a “historic, pandemic-induced import surge.” 

During 2021, the Southern California port handled 9,384,368 twenty-foot equivalent units, a 15.7% increase from the previous record of more than 8.11 million TEUs set just a year earlier. Imports increased 14.6% year-over-year to 4,581,846 TEUs,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-long-beach-smashes-annual-record-despite-december-speed-bump

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