L.A., Long Beach to Increase Traffic Mitigation Fee Aug. 1
The West Coast MTO Agreement (WCMTOA) announced a 2.5 percent increase in the Traffic Mitigation Fee (TMF) at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, effective Aug. 1, in order to address labor cost increases scheduled to take effect…
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July 1. The TMF will be increased by $1.50 per TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) to $61.50 per twenty-foot container or $123 per forty-foot container. The fee helps pay for the night and Saturday marine terminal shifts created by the PierPass OffPeak program to relieve daytime congestion in and around the ports, the ports said, and provides a financial incentive to move cargo during less congested times.