SAN PEDRO BAY PORTS

Container dwell times at San Pedro Bay ports reach year-high levels

San Pedro Bay ports recorded the highest levels of the year in both truck and rail-destined container dwell times.

Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA), an independent association representing owners and operators of marine terminals, ocean carriers, and vessels operating on the US West Coast, noted that as cargo volumes at the San Pedro Bay ports continued their surge last month, September saw continued growth in demand for container equipment and space at marine terminals at the Ports...

https://container-news.com/container-dwell-times-at-san-pedro-bay-ports-reach-year-high-levels/

Truck and rail dwell time remains steady at San Pedro Bay Ports

Through January, cargo traveling through the San Pedro Bay Port complex and destined for local delivery via truck spent an average of 2.89 days at port terminals, translating to a slight uptick from December’s average of 2.69 days.

The January truck dwell time is within the normal range, said the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA).

Dwell time for rail-destined cargo saw a small decrease in January with cargo spending an average of 4.72 days at terminals, compared to 4.98 days during the...

https://container-news.com/truck-and-rail-dwell-time-remains-steady-at-san-pedro-bay-ports/

Pacific green corridor ports agree partnership strategy

Green corridors first got a lot of attention at the COP26 summit in 2021 when the U.S. signed on to the Clydebank Declaration for Green Shipping Corridors (DGSC). Since then, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the San Pedro Bay ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles have been working on plans for a Pacific green corridor for quite a while.

Today, at COP28 in Dubai, the three port authorities unveiled a partnership strategy for a green and digital shipping corridor across the...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/environment/pacific-green-corridor-ports-agree-partnership-strategy/

San Pedro Bay ports ahead of emissions reduction targets

San Pedro Bay ports emissions reduction

The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA) reports that emissions from the combined San Pedro Bay ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles continue to decline as a result of marine terminal, ocean carrier and industry partner investments in cleaner equipment and technologies, including operational changes, to improve air quality in Southern California, according to two new reports released by the ports. (Port of Long Beach report and Port of Los Angeles report.)

The San Pedro Bay ports together...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/ports-terminals/san-pedro-bay-ports-ahead-of-emissions-reduction-targets/

San Pedro Bay Ports to collect clean truck fund rate from 1 April

The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles will begin collecting a rate of US$10 per TEU on loaded import and export containers hauled by drayage trucks, as they enter or leave container terminals.

The Clean Truck Fund (CTF) rate, which will take effect on 1 April, is a part of the ports’ effort to achieve zero-emissions drayage trucking by 2035, as it will help fund and incentivise the changeover to cleaner trucks.

It will also generate monies up to US$90 million in the first year to accelerate the...

https://container-news.com/san-pedro-bay-ports-to-collect-clean-truck-fund-rate-from-1-april/

Port congestions may impact US trade deficit in 2022

The visibility platform company for the global supply chain Project44 sees that the container shipping industry continues to experience turbulence in various areas.

While the focus has been on the continued port congestion leading to berthing delays, there is a new concern of decreasing port volumes that could negatively affect global trade.

The San Pedro Bay ports of Los Angeles (POLA) and Long Beach (POLB), the first and second-largest container ports in the US respectively, have been recording...

https://container-news.com/port-congestions-may-impact-us-trade-deficit-in-2022/

Long Beach unveils plans for US largest electric truck charging network

The Port of Long Beach (POLB) has issued an information request to assist in creating one of the largest US networks of publicly accessible electric-charging stations for the heavy-duty, Class 8 drayage trucks that serve the port complex.

The request asks for information on potential interest to install 100 chargers at up to four pre-identified sites, with the port seeking the submittal of Information Packages by vendors and suppliers of electric-charging infrastructure.

Responses are due by 29...

https://container-news.com/long-beach-unveils-plans-for-us-largest-electric-truck-charging-network/

LA/LB put container dwell fee on hold until 29 April

The Los Angeles Harbor Commission has voted 5-0 to extend the implementation of the container dwell fee directed at ocean carriers in an effort to improve cargo movement on container terminals.

The program which was originally approved on 29 October 2021, was set to expire after 90 days. Hence, on 13 January the Harbor Commission extended the dwell fee program until 29 April.

The Commission also amended the fee so that an import container moving by truck or rail can be charged the fee after nine...

https://container-news.com/la-lb-put-container-dwell-fee-on-hold-until-29-april/

California’s congestion leads billions of dollars worth of cargo waiting outside USWC ports racking up millions in interest

A report conducted by the provider of supply chain visibility platform for shippers and logistics firms, Project 44, has shown that the worth of cargo waiting outside the US West Coast ports in 2021 has racked up millions in interest due to port congestion.

Data from the Ports of Los Angeles (POLA) and Long Beach (POLB) as of 7 January have shown that 103 vessels, expected to deliver approximately 147,000 TEU at these two ports, were either waiting in a zone of 74 km or loitering, drifting, or...

https://container-news.com/californias-congestion-leads-billions-of-dollars-worth-of-cargo-waiting-outside-uswc-ports-racking-up-millions-in-interest/

San Pedro Bay Ports keep postponing container dwell fee

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have decided that consideration of the container dwell fee, directed to ocean carriers for import boxes that dwell on marine terminals, will be held off another week, this time until 17 January.

This is the ninth time that the twin US ports have delayed the fee implementation, while they have seen a combined decline of 45% in ageing cargo on the docks since the program was announced on 25 October.

This policy that was developed in coordination with the...

https://container-news.com/san-pedro-bay-ports-keep-postponing-container-dwell-fee/

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