NY & NJ Ports to issue “container imbalance fee” beginning September 1
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Last year, the New York and New Jersey ports announced high fees for containers that were loitering over nine days at the port complex - but never implemented the program. Now, over halfway through 2022, the ports have announced another plan set to be enforced on September 1st. Reduced port productivity due to high volumes of containers has forced the ports to act.
Check out today’s featured article from SC Digest to read about the Ports of New York and New Jersey’s plans to reduce congestion of shipping containers with a quarterly “container imbalance fee,” beginning September 1st. ☕️
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Featured Article:
“Last fall, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach announced very high fees for containers not moving for more than nine days at the port complex – but the fees were never implemented, as the threat quickly led container dwell times drop significantly.”
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Leadership 🏆
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Industry Forecast 📊
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Owner-Operators 🚛
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Electric Vehicles 🔋
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Customer Relations 🤝
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Trade & Border Issues 🗺
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Infrastructure ⚙️
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Quote of the Day:
“Today’s Accomplishments Were Yesterday’s Impossibilities.”
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The Workday Dash is an aggregation of articles regarding the transportation logistics, trucking, and supply chain industries for July 31, 2025, from iLevel Logistics Inc.