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More Supply Chain Issues Are Headed Our Way

Shipping mega-corp Maersk has notified clients the probability that the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will implement container fees has actually increased over the past month because of continuous blockage concerns.

“Given that congestion continues to impact vessel and landside supply chain operations, the likelihood of the implementing the fee has risen significantly this month,” reads a statement by Maersk.

Since last year’s statement of the charging program, supply chains have actually withstood much more disturbances, consisting of the COVID-19 pandemic, historical levels of products entering the United States, geopolitical disputes, and difficulties in worldwide markets, Maersk informed clients.

Labor settlements likewise began this month for an agreement that ends July 1 in advance of shipping peak season, the business stated. Port authorities anticipate labor settlements to continue beyond the due date.

Port executives in Los Angeles and Long Beach will once again think about charging the costs for containers that remain at the docks too long however have no strategies to trigger the program, according to port authorities.

The ports rejected Maersk’s report.

“Right now, there is no plan to implement the dwell fee,” Port of Los Angeles spokesman Phillip Sanfield told The Epoch Times.

Port directors chose to postpone the cost once again recently, another port representative Lee Peterson informed The Epoch Times.

The ports have actually threatened carriers with the container dwell costs considering that Oct. 25, 2021, however have yet to execute the surcharges.

The ports have actually decreased the variety of overdue containers by half considering that the program was first revealed, according to Sanfield.

“Just the threat of the fee has done a remarkable job,” Sanfield said.

Still, the Port of Los Angeles reported containers remain on the docks for approximately 8.6 days, which was an increase, according to its website. Since May 31, the port had more than 73,000 containers kept at the docks to be delivered, with 25,000 waiting on more than 9 days.

The port likewise had almost 54,000 empty containers.

Cargo is “sitting too long,” Sanfield said. “It really should only be staying in port about two days.”

The most significant difficulty was getting freight delivered by rail, Sanfield stated. Almost 28,000 containers waiting on train shipping, with almost 14,000 of those sticking around for more than 9 days.

If the container charges are executed, ocean providers will probably pass the included expenses onto carriers, threatening to include a lot more to currently record-breaking shipping expenses.

Under the program, the ports could charge ocean carriers $100 per container for each loaded import container that stays on the docks for longer than nine days. The fee would increase by $100 increments per container until it is shipped.

With 80 percent of all items traded by sea, high shipping expenses are driving inflation, according to the International Monetary Fund, which global economic developments.

“We find that shipping costs are an important driver of inflation around the world,” the IMF wrote in its blog in March. “When freight rates double, inflation picks up by about 0.7 percentage point. Most importantly, the effects are quite persistent, peaking after a year and lasting up to 18 months. This implies that the increase in shipping costs observed in 2021 could increase inflation by about 1.5 percentage points in 2022.”

H/T The Epoch Times

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