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Free Harbor Boat Tours return to the Port of Los Angeles
CONTAINER DWELL FEE IS ON HOLD THROUGH JULY 22
One Hour, Narrated Tours Set for Saturday, July 30
The Port of Los Angeles will offer free harbor boat tours of Los Angeles Harbor on Saturday, July 30. Tours will depart every 30 minutes from the Los Angeles Maritime Museum, located at 6th Street and Harbor Boulevard in San Pedro, beginning at 10:30 a.m. with the last tour departing at 3 p.m.
Reservations are not required. Tours will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Wheelchair-accessible boarding is available at the dock.
Visitors will experience 60-minute narrated tours that include up-close views of active vessels, container terminals, and the bustling Los Angeles Main Channel, home to the nation’s busiest container port.
Additionally, three boat tours will be designated as “dog-friendly” to accommodate well-socialized and behaved leashed dogs. Dog-friendly tours depart at 11 a.m., noon, and 2 p.m.
Public boat tours are returning after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 restrictions. Due to the construction of the Wilmington Waterfront Promenade, tours departing from Wilmington are unavailable this year. Tours will depart from San Pedro only.
Free visitor parking is available along 5th Street, just off Harbor Blvd.
The Los Angeles Maritime Museum is open to the public from noon to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday. Donations are suggested for admission and masks are required for entry.
San Pedro Bay Ports Continue to Monitor Cargo Flow
On the other hand, The San Pedro Bay ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will once again delay consideration of the “Container Dwell Fee” for another week, this time until July 22.
Since the program was announced on Oct. 25, the two ports have seen a combined decline of 25% in aging cargo on the docks.
The executive directors of both ports will reassess fee implementation after monitoring data over the next week. Fee implementation has been postponed by both ports since the start of the program. The Long Beach and Los Angeles Boards of Harbor Commissioners have both extended the fee program through Oct. 26.
Under the temporary policy, ocean carriers can be charged for each import container dwelling nine days or more at the terminal. Currently, no date has been set to start the count with respect to container dwell time.
The ports plan to charge ocean carriers $100 per container, increasing in $100 increments per container per day until the container leaves the terminal.
Any fees collected from dwelling cargo will be reinvested for programs designed to enhance efficiency, accelerate cargo velocity and address congestion impacts.
The policy was developed in coordination with the Biden-Harris Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and multiple supply chain stakeholders.
