The Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach said hat they have decided to hold off on consideration of the “Container Dwell Fee” for one more week until March 4 after several defferment in the past citing improving cargo movements in the United States' top two busiest container ports.
 
In a statement, the two San Pedro Bay ports noted that they have seen a combined decline of 69% in aging cargo on the docks since the program was announced on October 25.
 
With this, the gateways noted that 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.
 
"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 statement added.
 
The ports plan to charge ocean carriers US$100 per container, increasing in US$100 increments per container per day until the container leaves the terminal.
 
Any fees collected from dwelling cargo will be reinvested for programs designed to enhance efficiency, accelerate cargo velocity and address congestion impacts.