Los Angeles port and Long Beach port have issued many policies to alleviate this pressure in order to clean up the containers piled up in the port in time.

Port operators not only implement 24-hour operation, but also speed up the cleaning of container goods by charging additional fees.

On this basis, now the ports of Los Angeles and long beach have announced another announcement: doubling the fees charged for trucks during the day.

Port operators say this is mainly to increase the use of truck drivers for the opening hours of the port at night.

It is understood that pierpass, a non-profit company founded by 12 terminal operators of the two ports, announced that it would increase the traffic mitigation fee to encourage the transfer of containers during non peak hours (night).

It is learned from the announcement that the cost adjustment was made at the request of the Biden government supply chain interruption working group and the executive directors of the two ports.

The announcement shows that the fee will start from December 1 to January 31 next year and apply to containers transported between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. on weekdays.

Charges: USD 78.23 for standard containers (previously USD 34.21 / TEU); Other containers are 156.46 USD / container (previously 68.42 USD / container).

In fact, since 2018, the company has been charging traffic mitigation fees for all import and export containers passing through Los Angeles and long beach ports.

The last time the fee was charged was in August this year, when it was for containers transported during the day and night.

The company said that during the implementation period, the cost will not be evaluated according to the container movement at night. These costs are linked to inflation to offset the labor and other costs of providing night gate opening at the marine terminal.

Matt schrap, chief executive of the port truck transport association, said that turning to 24-hour operation could not solve the fundamental problem of restricting truck drivers from quickly retrieving containers and eliminating port congestion.

He said that maritime terminals need to do more to improve truck pick-up efficiency. Otherwise, after the implementation of the policy, we will see too many changes.