TraPac Los Angeles
TraPac · Los Angeles / Long Beach · USLAX
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.
Which clock is whose
Automated terminal with its own storage tariff running alongside carrier demurrage.
Gate & appointments
Highly automated gate; appointment compliance is enforced and no-shows are chargeable.
Chassis
Pool of pools with on-terminal chassis flips available.
What is usually reversible
Automation outages are terminal-caused and are a clean ground to strip storage days. US import: under the FMC rule (46 CFR 541) a demurrage or detention invoice must carry specified information and the charge must serve a genuine incentive purpose. A defective invoice eliminates the obligation to pay.
Stuck at TraPac Los Angeles?
Don’t accept unfair demurrage.
Los Angeles / Long Beach has seen heavy congestion this period. If a carrier is billing you storage for days when you couldn’t secure an appointment or a chassis, those charges may be reversible under OSRA 22 billing rules.
Pilot intake currently full — the free audit stays free. Pilot clients keep 100% of their first recovery in exchange for a review. No sign-in, no card, $0 upfront.
Services normally calling
- ONE
- MOL-heritage services
Gate hours, appointment rules and the storage tariff are published by the operator: TraPac Los Angeles. Also searched as: TraPac Berth 136-147, TraPac LA.
Check a charge from this terminal
Work out the last free day, then see whether the days billed survive the tariff.