Cargo Business Newswire

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Port of Long Beach may cap dockage fees for three more months

This week, the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commission will consider extending the cap on dockage fees for three more months to provide customers with some relief from cargo congestion at the Port of Long Beach.

Pushing the exemption to June 30 would keep customers from being charged more when ships are docked for more than four days.

Usually, it takes about three days to load and unload goods from ships. But due to backups at the port it is taking longer, stretching from the typical four days to

seven days. Costs paid to the port go up after four days and the current exemption is set to expire at the end of this month.

Earlier this month, Port of Long Beach Chief Executive Jon Slangerup and Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said it would take about three months for the ports to return to normal operations.

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