The two main ports in California declared that the application of the « Container Dwell Fee », the surtax on containers stationing in terminals, would again be carried over by one week, i.e. until 13 December (US Sea freight: the overburden of containers again postponed).

Since the announcement of this fee on October 25, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles have registered a combined 37% decline in aging goods. A new week of respite was therefore granted to shipping carriers before the possible introduction of this $100 surcharge.

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Update 01/03/22 > overload still not applied,carried over for the moment to 4 March 2022.

Source(s): ACTE International Network

Editor(s): C. Bedouin