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Aerial view of San Pedro Bay. Source POLA
By Mike Wackett
As the number of ships awaiting berths at the US west coast container hubs of Los Angeles and Long Beach grows the ports are set to surcharge ocean carriers for extended import dwell times.
From 1 November, the San Pedro Bay ports will charge carriers $100 per container for import boxes moving via truck that remain on terminals after nine days, and the same charge for rail movements after three days.
And the charge will increase by $100 a day thereafter.
“With the ...
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