MIAMI -- The Port of Miami continues to dig out from the mountain of containers that piled up during a boycott by independent truck drivers.

The Port of Miami Terminal Operating Co. on Monday said it would waive some charges for containers that sat during the drivers' protest, either by extending free time or postponing a vessel's first free day, but only for vessels whose free time had not expired by June 24 or arrived after the start of the boycott.

The terminal said containers discharged from OOCL Faith, MSC Arizona (40-foot equipment only), Villa de Tairus, Libra Santos, Katsuragi, Lykes Achiever and OOCL Fortune will not be available "until such time that we can adequately prepare for their delivery."

The terminal plans to deal with the 8,000-container quandary "on a first arrived/first served basis." On Monday, POMTOC Chief Executive, Brooks Royster, said it could take two weeks to reduce the backlog to normal levels.

In an e-mail message, Javier Miranda, senior manager of customer services, advised forwarders, customs brokers and their trucking companies to check the POMTOC Forecast information portal to review the status of their cargo.

A federal judge on July 9 granted a temporary injunction ending the two-week protest. A hearing on a permanent injunction is scheduled for Thursday.