The San Pedro Bay ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will once again delay consideration of the “Container Dwell Fee” for another week until May 6 citing continued improvement in cargo flow at the ports.

Port of LA and Long Beach noted that since the program was announced on October 25, the two ports have seen a combined decline of 50% in aging cargo on the docks. 

 
"The executive directors of both ports will reassess fee implementation after monitoring data over the next week. Fee implementation has been postponed by both ports since the start of the program," the ports said in its latest announcement.
 
Under the temporary policy, ocean carriers can be charged for each import container dwelling nine days or more at the terminal.

Currently, no date has been set to start the count with respect to container dwell time. 
 
The ports earlier announced a plan to charge ocean carriers US$100 per container, increasing in US$100 increments per container per day until the container leaves the terminal.
 
Port of LA and Long Beach noted that any fees collected from dwelling cargo will be reinvested for programs designed to enhance efficiency, accelerate cargo velocity and address congestion impacts.

The Long Beach and Los Angeles Boards of Harbor Commissioners have extended the fee program through July 28. It had been due to expire on April 29.