PMSA objects to new annual CAPA port tariff

According to Donald Snyder, director of trade development at the Port of Long Beach, all 11 CAPA ports were in favour of the increase and would unanimously vote to adopt it.

All port rates would be affected, including wharf, dockage and pilotage, as well as environmental projects such as ‘Clean Trucks’ and ‘Green Flag’.  In addition, cargo storage and area assignments would also increase, as would port lease agreements.

Objecting to the recommendation from the port’s Board of Harbour Commissioners, PMSA vice-president, Michele Grubbs, urged the port not to implement the increase, pointing out that costs at Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles were already the highest in the country at a time when the shipping industry is losing millions.