Container terminals, gate by gate

The San Pedro Bay complex runs twelve container terminals under two port authorities. Appointment scarcity, not vessel delay, is the leading cause of demurrage here, and a day with no available dual-transaction slot is not merchant-caused under the FMC rule.

• APM Terminals Pier 400APM Terminals
• Fenix Marine Services (Pier 300)Fenix Marine Services (CMA CGM group)
• TraPac Los AngelesTraPac
• Everport Terminal ServicesEverport (Evergreen group)
• Long Beach Container Terminal (Middle Harbor)LBCT (OOCL / COSCO group)
• Total Terminals International (Pier T)TTI (HMM group)
• International Transportation Service (Pier G)ITS
• Pacific Container Terminal (Pier J)SSA Marine

Carrier demurrage and Port Authority terminal storage run on different schedules at every NY/NJ terminal. Paying both for the same day is the single most common overcharge in this gateway.

• APM Terminals ElizabethAPM Terminals
• Maher TerminalsMaher Terminals
• Port Newark Container TerminalPNCT (Ports America)
• GCT BayonneGCT USA
• GCT New York (Staten Island)GCT USA
• Red Hook Container TerminalRed Hook Terminals

Georgia Ports Authority operates Savannah as one very large terminal rather than a set of competing operators, so storage is a single published tariff and disputes usually turn on chassis supply rather than gate access.

• Garden City TerminalGeorgia Ports Authority
• Mason Mega Rail TerminalGeorgia Ports Authority

Port Houston runs two container terminals. Weekend gates are limited and empty-return depot rotation changes weekly — a refused empty return stops the detention clock at the tender timestamp if you keep the rejection.

• Bayport Container TerminalPort Houston
• Barbours Cut Container TerminalPort Houston

The Port of Virginia operates its terminals as one system with a shared reservation platform, so appointment evidence is unusually good here — which makes congestion-based reversals easier to prove.

• Norfolk International TerminalsVirginia International Terminals
• Virginia International GatewayVirginia International Terminals

South Carolina Ports grants free time per bill of lading, so split deliveries across terminals can burn free time faster than the booking suggests.

• Wando Welch TerminalSouth Carolina Ports Authority
• Hugh K. Leatherman TerminalSouth Carolina Ports Authority

The Northwest Seaport Alliance publishes terminal free time separately from the carrier tariff, and rail-bound boxes switch from demurrage to a rail storage tariff at the ramp — a frequent mis-billing.

• Terminal 18 (Seattle)SSA Terminals
• Husky Terminal (Tacoma)Husky Terminal & Stevedoring
• Washington United Terminals (Tacoma)WUT (HMM group)

Rail dwell dominates Vancouver. Before disputing anything, confirm whether the clock running is the carrier tariff or the terminal storage tariff — the defences are different.

• GCT DeltaportGCT Canada
• GCT VantermGCT Canada
• CentermDP World Vancouver

Prince Rupert is an almost purely intermodal gateway: nearly every import box leaves by CN rail, so storage exposure is concentrated at the inland ramp rather than at the quay.

• Fairview Container TerminalDP World Prince Rupert

Montreal filings commonly count working days, excluding weekends and Quebec statutory holidays. Winter operations regularly justify a free-time extension — but it has to be requested before the free period lapses.

• Termont ViauTermont
• Montreal Gateway Terminals (Cast & Racine)Montreal Gateway Terminals Partnership