Ports of L.A., Long Beach to Raise Container Fee by 4%
Terminal operators at the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports will raise their traffic mitigation fee by 4% starting Nov. 1, the West Coast Marine Terminal Operator Agreement (WCMTOA) said in a news release. Beginning that date, the TMF will…
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be $35.57 per TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) or $71.14 per forty-foot container, said the WCMTOA, which includes all 12 terminal operators at the ports. "The adjustment matches the combined 4% increase in longshore wage and assessment rates recently ratified in the coastwide contract between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association," the release said.