NEW regulations to try and get containers out of the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach quicker are being enacted, including fines for companies whose containers linger too long at the terminals, reports Singapore's Splash 247.

Arriving containers scheduled to be moved by trucks at the ports will be allowed to stay for nine days before fines start occurring. Containers set to move by rail can stay at the ports for three days.

After the days are up, ocean carriers will be charged US$100 per container, increasing in $100 increments per container per day. The new rules went into effect November 1.

"The terminals are running out of space, and this will make room for the containers sitting on those ships at anchor," said Port of Long Beach executive director Mario Cordero.

The Biden administration has recently allowed the ports to operate 24 hours a day to try and get goods unloaded quicker.

The Port of Long Beach has also eased restrictions on stacking containers for three months whereby stacks of four containers will be allowed on private property instead of two.