美國洛杉磯和長灘港考慮推遲收取集裝箱滯留費

關務小二

此前，由美國總統(tǒng)拜登的供應鏈中斷特別工作組推動的一項針對洛杉磯和長灘港的“集裝箱超期滯留費”2021年11月1日已經正式開始實施，2021年11月17日有了最新的進展，詳情如下：

洛杉磯/長灘的貨柜費延遲洛杉磯和長灘港口已宣布，他們考慮對在碼頭上停留時間過長的進口貨物集裝箱推遲到11月22日收取費用。正如這兩個港口在 10 月下旬宣布的那樣，對于在海運碼頭停留 (1) 6 天或以上的鐵路運輸集裝箱或 (2) 9 天或以上的卡車運輸集裝箱的進口集裝箱，將向海運承運人收取費用。附加費為每個集裝箱 100 美元，每個集裝箱每天增加 100 美元。港口表示，這些費用的收入將被重新投資于旨在提高效率、加快貨運速度和解決擁堵影響的項目。11 月 15 日的聯合新聞稿稱，自從宣布收費以來，兩個港口的逾期集裝箱數量合計減少了26%。然而，最近一篇美國托運人的文章指出“數字實際上變得更糟”，最近幾天這兩個港口等待卸貨的船舶數量再創(chuàng)紀錄。這可能會增加最終征收費用的可能性，文章稱這可能會在一周內每天產生超過 1 億美元的總成本。拜登政府表示支持這些收費，盡管這些收費可能違反 2020 年 5 月頒布的旨在解決長期以來有關對此類收費的投訴的聯邦規(guī)則。聯邦海事委員會目前正在審核 9 家頂級海運承運人是否遵守這一規(guī)則，并警告說，如果發(fā)現違禁活動，將“采取適當的行動”。
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原文
Cargo Container Fee Delayed at LA/Long Beach

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have announced that they will delay until Nov. 22 consideration of a fee on import cargo containers that spend too much time on their docks.

As announced by the two ports in late October, the fee will be assessed on ocean carriers for import containers that stay on marine terminals for (1) six days or more for containers moving by rail or (2) nine days or more for containers scheduled to move by truck. The surcharge will be $100 per container, increasing in $100 increments per container per day. The ports have said revenues from these fees will be reinvested for programs designed to enhance efficiency, accelerate cargo velocity, and address congestion impacts.

A Nov. 15 joint press release said that since the fee was announced the two ports have seen a 26 percent combined reduction in the number of delinquent containers and that “this encouraging momentum supports a delay in implementation of the fee.” However, an American Shipper article notes that “the numbers have actually gotten worse” in recent days and that the number of ships waiting to offload at the two ports recently hit yet another record. This could increase the prospects that the fee will ultimately be imposed, which the article said could yield aggregate costs exceeding $100 million per day within a week.

The Biden administration has expressed support for the fees despite the fact that they could violate federal rules issued in May 2020 designed to resolve longstanding complaints about just these types of charges. The Federal Maritime Commission is currently auditing nine top ocean carriers for compliance with this rule and has warned it “will take appropriate action” if prohibited activities are uncovered.

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