Ports

Carriers to pay fees for idling containers in US ports

Severely strained ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach on the US West Coast will charge extra fees for containers idling in ports, creating bottlenecks in terminals.
Photo: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
by DANIEL LOGAN

Container carriers will need to pay extra fees for containers that stay longer than agreed in the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, California, from November 1.

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