Report: Military paid $720 million in late box charges

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

The U.S. military has spent more than $720 million since 2001 on container detention fees, according to a USA Today report. Scott Ross, a spokesman for the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, said his agency has been working to reduce fees paid by the military in recent years from $128 million in 2004 to $30 million last year While the military has incurred charges globally, the vast majority of charges were related to containers supporting operation...

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