Harbor leaders will consider Monday extending its cap on dockage fees three more months to give supply chain stakeholders some relief from the congestion issues they’re experiencing at the Port of Long Beach.
Usually, it takes about three days to load and unload goods from ships. But bottlenecks at the port is causing port operators to take longer to load and unload cargo ships, stretching the time a ship remains on dock from the typical four days to seven days.
Costs paid to the port go up after four days. The current exemption, set to expire at the end of this month, caps those costs to four days.
The proposed extension would be in effect until June 30, which would cover the time it would take for the port to address the backlog.