News / PierPass shelves permanent TMF plan as Long Beach calls for 24/7 supply chains

In an effort to alleviate logistical bottlenecks, the Californian port of Long Beach has called for stakeholders all along the supply chain to extend working hours.

However, an attempt to make PierPass charges, supposed to spread truck traffic through the day, permanent has been shelved following intervention from the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC).

PierPass is a not-for-profit company created by the West Coast MTO Agreement (WCMTOA), made up of the 12 container terminal operators at the ports of Los Angeles and Long ...