California ports plan to begin charging the shipping lines starting Nov. 15 for containers that sit too long at marine terminals, a measure that threatens to pit U.S. importers against ocean carriers
Importers and freight forwarders say the fee would amount to a levy on them since they expect carriers to pass the charges along to them even though they have little control over when boxes are moved away from the ports.
The discord over the fee shows the challenges authorities face in unwinding the gridlock at Los Angeles and Long Beach, a major bottleneck in the global supply chain disruptions that have confronted retailers and manufacturers and undermined an economic recovery from the pandemic slowdown. Some other measures in Southern California, including, have triggered rancor and finger-pointing over responsibility for relieving the backlog.
Port of Long Beach executive director Mario Cordero said this week that the fee “is not intended as a pass-on cost.” Officials at both ports say moving the containers off terminals will help clear a backlog of more than 70 container ships, carrying hundreds of thousands of boxes, awaiting a berth at their facilities.
They said that reducing the stacks of boxes should allow dockworkers to unload ships more quickly and will help terminals accept more empty containers that are clogging truck yards close to the ports.
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