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August 4, 2022
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- New York Harbor will impose a tax for excessive
empty containers stationed on quays
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- It will be applied from the first of September
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Already introduced in the main container ports for some time
of the US West Coast of Los Angeles and Long Beach, now also
the port of New York - New Jersey, which is the main port of call
East Coast container, decided to impose a tax for the
prolonged parking of empty containers on the docks of the
port in order to encourage shipping companies to pick up
these containers and reuse them in the maritime supply chain
thus reducing congestion in the supply chain. The
new quarterly tax will come into force the next first
September.-
- The port authority of the New York airport has established that, on
quarterly basis, the volumes of full and empty containers departing
from the port on the ships of the shipping companies must
be equal to or greater than 110% of the volume of full containers, and
incoming voids. If this does not happen it will come
a fee of $100 applied for each container.
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- "As we continue to handle record volumes of cargo and
collaborate with our dealers and other operators
ports for the timely removal of empty containers - has
explained the president of the port authority, Kevin O'Toole -
we invite all stakeholders in the sector to find solutions
sustainable and long-term to a widespread problem throughout the world
sector that affects many US ports".
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- Bethann Rooney, Director of the Port Department of the Port
authority, highlighted that "the port of New York - New
Jersey is coping with record import volumes, which
determine the accumulation of empty containers in and around the
port complex and which is now affecting the chain of
regional supply that is already under stress
for pressures that come from every part of the country. Encourage
strongly the shipping companies to intensify their efforts
to remove empty containers more quickly and in quantity
more consistent in order to free up capacity
absolutely necessary for incoming imports and in order to
keep trade moving across the port and the region."
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