58,900 Containers Are Now Paying A Rising $100 Penalty In LA, Long Beach

Zero Hedge

By Tyler Durden – November 3, 2021

By Lori Ann LaRocco of FreightWaves,

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.

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