美国洛杉矶和长滩港考虑推迟收取集装箱滞留费

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此前，由美国总统拜登的供应链中断特别工作组推动的一项针对洛杉矶和长滩港的“集装箱超期滞留费”2021年11月1日已经正式开始实施，2021年11月17日有了最新的进展，详情如下：

洛杉矶/长滩的货柜费延迟洛杉矶和长滩港口已宣布，他们考虑对在码头上停留时间过长的进口货物集装箱推迟到11月22日收取费用。正如这两个港口在 10 月下旬宣布的那样，对于在海运码头停留 (1) 6 天或以上的铁路运输集装箱或 (2) 9 天或以上的卡车运输集装箱的进口集装箱，将向海运承运人收取费用。附加费为每个集装箱 100 美元，每个集装箱每天增加 100 美元。港口表示，这些费用的收入将被重新投资于旨在提高效率、加快货运速度和解决拥堵影响的项目。11 月 15 日的联合新闻稿称，自从宣布收费以来，两个港口的逾期集装箱数量合计减少了26%。然而，最近一篇美国托运人的文章指出“数字实际上变得更糟”，最近几天这两个港口等待卸货的船舶数量再创纪录。这可能会增加最终征收费用的可能性，文章称这可能会在一周内每天产生超过 1 亿美元的总成本。拜登政府表示支持这些收费，尽管这些收费可能违反 2020 年 5 月颁布的旨在解决长期以来有关对此类收费的投诉的联邦规则。联邦海事委员会目前正在审核 9 家顶级海运承运人是否遵守这一规则，并警告说，如果发现违禁活动，将“采取适当的行动”。
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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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