58,900 long-dwelling containers now on penalty clock in LA, Long Beach
40,000 containers in LA and 18,900 in Long Beach have been sitting for 9-plus days The penalties on 58,900 containers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are officially racking up charges. These containers were part of the 60,000 containers the ports alerted the ocean carriers last Monday to move or face a daily $100 penalty per container, increasing in $100 increments per day. American Shipper reached out to both ports for updates on the removal of the “lingering” containers. According to Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka, there are a total of 84,000 total imports on docks waiting to be transported, a total that is 3,000 higher than a week ago. Of those 84,000, a whopping 40,000 of those containers have been at the Port of LA for nine-plus days, which is considered lingering. Containers are considered long-dwelling if the boxes are waiting over nine days for truck, six days for rail. “This is the wrong direction,” said Seroka. The Port of Long