Summary
LONG BEACH - The amount of time a container can sit on the docks in Long Beach without incurring a penalty was cut from five days to four by the Harbor Commission Monday.
The change is expected to expedite the flow of goods through increasingly congested port property but, in an often acrimonious meeting, the commission chastised terminal operators and ocean carriers for not equitably charging the late storage penalty to all retailers.See the full content of this document
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Containers Can Sit On Dock for Only 4 Days
Bigger ships arriving at the port in the last two years have resulted in more cargo, and therefore more congestion, at the terminals.
Coupled with the terminal operators' plan to open truck gates on nights and Saturdays starting July 23 -- which will do...See the full content of this document
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