News / Congested US ports try 'carrots' and 'sticks' to ease problem of stranded boxes

Source Port of Tacoma

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 number of long-dwelling containers at their terminals through penalties, but ...