Port of Long Beach

Seroka: National Guard is ‘backup plan’ for LA port congestion

Three large container ships with black hulls and MSC painted on the side tied up at a large wharf with cranes.

The Port of Long Beach reported Thursday it handled 8.6 million shipping units through November, smashing its all-timeannual volume record before the year is done amid relentless consumer demand for imported goods. Next door in Los Angeles, the port director said using the National Guard to evacuate containers is still an option if more cargo lingers beyond its move-by date and terminal congestion worsens again.

Officials at the San Pedro Bay ports this week trumpeted how the threat of hefty...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/seroka-national-guard-is-backup-plan-for-la-port-congestion

Biden-backed plan to clear California port congestion stalls

“We’re starting to see some traction,” Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka proclaimed on Bloomberg TV on Tuesday. “Those aging containers are down by 50% over the last six weeks.”

Seroka was referring to long-dwelling containers targeted by a dramatic, highly controversial fee plan backed by the Biden administration. Or rather, a plan that threatens to levy a fee that no one, including the ports, ever wants to be levied.

The fee on long-dwelling containers was set to begin on Nov....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/biden-backed-plan-to-clear-california-port-congestion-stalls

Check Call: Good customers gone bad

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Good customers gone bad. Anyone who has onboarded a customer knows that there are a bunch of hidden little issues that just happen to come up through the course of onboarding. Even the best-laid plans sometimes have to be thrown out the window when it comes to actually starting to ship. The customer you sign can quickly become something else entirely a couple months down the road. 

How do you know when customers have reached the expiration date and it’s time for...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-good-customers-gone-bad

Ports Of Long Beach & Los Angeles Keep ‘Container Dwell Fee’ On Hold Until Dec. 13

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The Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles announced that consideration of the “Container Dwell Fee” would be held off another week, until Dec. 13.

Since the fee was announced on Oct. 25, the twin ports have seen a combined decline of 37% in aging cargo on the docks. The executive directors of both ports will reassess fee implementation after another week of monitoring data.

Under the temporary policy approved Oct. 29 by the Harbor Commissions of both ports, ocean carriers can be charged...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/ports-of-long-beach-los-angeles-keep-container-dwell-fee-on-hold-until-dec-13/

LA/Long Beach delay port congestion fees again

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Port officials in Los Angeles and Long Beach have delayed imposing controversial congestion fees for a fourth consecutive week, increasing the likelihood that the fees will never be assessed.

The port authorities said the excess storage surcharge has been postponed until Dec. 13. 

The fees have had their intended effect of getting users to clear long-stored containers from terminals, according to port officials. Containers that dwell more than nine days for local truck drayage and more than six...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/lalong-beach-delay-port-congestion-fees-again

Supply chain radar: Days of reckoning waiting for a brighter dawn

Here is a soft Monday start that entails a few reminders of what the near future may hold, as several questions are still looking for answers in the supply chain. For example:

– What about Amazon’s domination, penetration and its future logistics plans?
– Is port congestion in key hubs set to last longer?
– And how exactly has the perception of supply chain risk and pivotal factors that determined it changed even before/after …

The post Supply chain radar: Days of reckoning waiting for a brighter...

https://theloadstar.com/supply-chain-radar-days-of-reckoning-waiting-for-a-brighter-dawn/

Congested US ports try ‘carrots’ and ‘sticks’ to ease problem of stranded boxes

Ports and operators on the US west coast are torn between using ‘a carrot and a stick’ to unclog congested cargo terminals.
The San Pedro port complex keeps postponing a charge for long-dwelling containers, but other terminal operators have brought in a fee, or are trying to incentivise truckers to retrieve boxes faster from the docks.
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were leading the charge to whittle down the …

The post Congested US ports try ‘carrots’ and ‘sticks’ to ease problem of...

https://theloadstar.com/congested-us-ports-try-carrots-and-sticks-to-ease-problem-of-stranded-boxes/

White House port envoy details strategy for supply chain fluidity

Multicolor containers stacked on ground and on a freight train.

The response to the supply chain crisis at ports was disjointed until the White House got involved, says port envoy John Porcari. 

In a lengthy interview on the Bloomberg podcast “Odd Lots,” the supply chain czar said the Biden administration is acting as an honest broker to get cooperation from industry and local jurisdictions that usually act in their own self-interest, using carrots and sticks to make small improvements while building toward more systemic improvements.

“These are parts of the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/white-house-port-envoy-lays-out-channels-to-supply-chain-fluidity

It’s official: 96 container ships are waiting to dock at SoCal ports

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There were 40 container ships waiting for berths within 40 miles of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Friday. But there were also 56 container ships waiting farther out to sea, putting the actual tally at an all-time-high of 96, according to new data from the Marine Exchange of Southern California.

The Marine Exchange has just unveiled its new methodology for counting container ships waiting outside the 40-mile “in port” zone.

A new queuing system has been in place since mid-November...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/its-official-96-container-ships-waiting-to-dock-in-southern-california-ports

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