Pacific Container Terminal (Pier J)
SSA Marine · 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
Carrier demurrage plus an SSA storage tariff.
Gate & appointments
Appointment gate; expedited service for premium-service carriers.
Chassis
Pool of pools, with some carrier-provided chassis on premium services.
What is usually reversible
Premium services sometimes carry contractual free time longer than the published tariff — check the service contract first. 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.
Services normally calling
- Matson
- Various Asia-USWC services
Gate hours, appointment rules and the storage tariff are published by the operator: SSA Marine terminals. Also searched as: PCT Pier J, SSA Pier J, Pier J Long Beach.
Check a charge from this terminal
Work out the last free day, then see whether the days billed survive the tariff.