Ports of LA, Long Beach to raise Traffic Mitigation Fee

The fee that terminals at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach charge for moving cargo during daytime hours Monday through Friday is about to go up. On Aug. 1, the Traffic Mitigation Fee (TMF) at the adjoining Southern California ports is increasing by 2.3 percent, according to the West Coast MTO Agreement, which announced the news late last week. Starting next month, the fee will rise to $72.09 per TEU, or $144.18 per FEU.