US exporters and importers are facing the highest shipping tariffs in the world, while delays at some ports continue.
Container company xChange says US shippers have been dealing with record container freight rates for two years. Now they have to face the record high container storage fees at ports and at the customer’s warehouse (Demurrage & Detention or D&D) that container carriers around the world offer.
The five ports occupying the top positions in the ranking of ports with the highest D&D fees are: New York (New York), Long Beach (California), Los Angeles (California), Oakland (California), and Savannah (Georgia).
Container xChange said that D&D fees at these 5 ports are 2 to 3 times more expensive than Hong Kong (7th place) and at least 20 times more expensive than Asia’s leading container hubs such as Dai Nam. Lien (China) and Busan (Korea).
California Democratic Representative John Garamendi, who sponsored the first version of the Shipping Reform Act (President Joe Biden signed it into law in mid-June), said he had received hundreds of complaints. from shippers.
The Act transfers the burden of proof of the reasonableness of D&D charges from the billed party to the ocean carrier, barring carriers from refusing to accept U.S. exports on grounds of non-conformity. In addition, the act requires ocean carriers to provide quarterly reports on total import and export tonnage and units loaded on each vessel calling at ports in the United States.
According to Seafoodsource
