Ports of LA/LB hold off container dwell fee for another week

The two ports said they had seen a combined 35% drop in aging cargo on the docks since the planned fee was announced on 25 October, with the year end holiday’s “as expected” slowing progress compared to previous weeks. 

As result the ports would be holding off $100 per container, per day dwell fee until at least 10 January, the eighth week in a row that it’s introduction has been postponed.

Related: Warning of soaring dwell times for export containers at ports globally

Meanwhile the queues of ships to dock at LA/LB terminals remain as long as ever.

As of Monday, 3 January, some 101 containerships were backed-up to enter the two ports according to the Marine Exchange of Southern California. This number includes 17 containerships anchored or loitering within 40 miles of LA and LB, plus 84 containerships slow steaming or loitering outside the Safety and Air Quality Area (SAQA).