A “container excess detention fee” for the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, promoted by US President Biden’s Supply Chain Disruption Task Force, has been officially implemented on November 1. Now that the time is approaching the starting date of detention fees, how effective is this measure?
The number of long-term stranded containers has decreased
Currently, retailers are facing With the threat of high container overdue detention fees starting from November 15, the company is accelerating the shipment of imported containers delivered locally.
On Tuesday, the Port of Long Beach said that since November 1, the number of long-term containers at the port has decreased by 23%, and the Port of Los Angeles also said that since October 24 , port containers decreased by 14%.
“As shippers, ocean carriers, terminal operators, trucking lines and rail companies continue to work together like never before, we expect the number of long-term stranded containers to increase in the coming weeks. will continue to decline,” said Noel Hacegaba, deputy executive director and chief operating officer of the Port of Long Beach.
However, terminal operators say it is difficult to accurately gauge the impact of the upcoming demurrage charges on shipping long-stranded containers, given the daily arrivals of ships carrying Asian imports. Impact.
The White House said Stanley Black & Decker and Gap have joined the ranks of large shippers such as Walmart and Target. Commit to increasing the volume of cargo shipped out during nights and weekends.
The Biden administration also said marine terminals have been considering financial incentives for shippers and receivers who pick up cargo at night and on weekends.
The port is taking various measures to speed up the clearance of the backlog of containers
The terminal operator said that the terminal is working with local suppliers to establish temporary storage yards near the terminal, and the removal of the backlog of empty containers at the terminal has increased significantly.
The empty containers are transported to a temporary storage yard equipped with lifting equipment. Shoreside workers unload the empty containers from the chassis and stack them on the ground, thus freeing up the chassis for other uses. Undercarriage remains a significant issue in Southern California.
In addition, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have been communicating with transpacific shipping lines, encouraging them to send “sweeper ships” to Southern California with the purpose of removing several Thousands of empty containers crowding the docks. Shipping companies are also responding.
Hacegaba said that so far, the port has received goods from CMA CGM, COSCO, Evergreen, and Hapag-Lloyd , MSC, Orient Overseas and Yang Ming Shipping responded, they said they would deploy sweepers at the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach.
A spokesman for the Port of Los Angeles said the port has had more than six sweeper ships calling recently, although the vessels are relatively small. “We encourage shipping companies to deploy more sweepers, but the supply of large ships appears to be limited.” McCorkle said that if sweepers continue to come, it will have an impact on freeing up terminal space. The significant impact will also make it easier for them to handle more incoming fully loaded containers.
“The first benefit of the temporary storage yard near the terminal is to free up the chassis, but then measures must be taken to deal with the empty containers piled up in the temporary storage yard. After that, we plan to have these cleared The ship comes to clear the empty boxes from the temporary storage yard,” McCorkle said.
Change to the East United States or the Gulf of Mexico and provide shipping companies with a subsidy of US$125 million
At the same time, the House and Senate of the U.S. Congress recently introduced a bill aimed at compensating shipping companies that want to shift ships from the West Coast of the United States to less populated ports in the Gulf of Mexico and East Coast.
The plan reallocates $125 million in unspent funds from the CARES Act to help ships currently anchored off the U.S. West Coast pass through the Panama Canal and instead anchor in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Or a port on the east coast.
In addition to helping ship owners get reimbursed for costs associated with moving their vessels, Scott and Jimenez believe the bill could drive more container business through Florida’s ports.
<img data-preview-src="" data-preview-group="1" src="http://pic.168tex.com/Upload/News/image/2021/11/15 Jimenez said Florida ports have "called for more cargo ships to reroute from California" since ships began piling up off the West Coast, Jimenez said.
According to a draft of the bill, the grant program would be established by the Secretary of Transportation through the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) and would be used to pay for the rerouting of ships from the U.S. West Coast through the Panama Canal. </p
