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- The West coast MTO Agreement announced effective November 1, 2023, that the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach will have a 4% increase in the charged Traffic Mitigation Fee (TMF). This fee was introduced in 2005 to fund extended gate hours including nights and weekends.
- The fee will be increased to $35.57 for twenty-foot containers and $71.14 per forty-foot container. This fee will continue to be exempt for empty containers, import and export containers that transits via the Alameda Corridor.
- This increase correlates with the wage increase with provided in the updated contract between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association.
How will the latest cost increase affect the bottom line for shipping?
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