NOTICE: TMF Increase at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, CA
Dear Business Partner,
| The Traffic Mitigation Fee (TMF) at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, CA will increase by 2.84%, in August. The adjustment, announced yesterday by the West Coast Marine Terminal Operator Agreement (WCMTOA), matches the increase in longshore wage and assessment rates recently increased in the coastwide contract between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association. Effective August 1, 2025, the TMF will be $38.78 per TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) and $77.56 for all other size containers. The TMF is charged on non-exempt containers. Containers exempt from the TMF include empty containers; import cargo or export cargo that transits the Alameda Corridor in a container and is subject to a fee imposed by the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority; and transshipment cargo. Empty chassis and bobtail trucks are also exempt. The OffPeak program provides regularly scheduled night or weekend shifts to handle trucks delivering and picking up containers at the 12 container terminals. PierPASS launched the program in 2005 to reduce severe cargo related congestion and air pollution on local streets and highways around the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports. More than 64 million truck trips have been diverted to the off-peak shifts since the program’s inception. For questions, please contact your local STG representative. |
