Cargo Ship BACKLOG: More Than 70 Vessels QUEUE Outside California Amid SURGE in Imports (Report)

Vessels carrying thousands of containers are being forced to wait for a berthing place with a record 73 stuck on Saturday at LA and Long Beach ports – which together manage around 40% of all cargo ships entering the US. (BBC)

A shortage of drivers and trucks to collect the goods, compounded by a spike in the demand for imports as the American economy reopens, has been blamed for the watery gridlock.

Before the Covid pandemic it was reportedly unusual for more than one cargo ship to wait for a berth – the Port of LA chief warned last week that a “significant volume” of cargo will continue “throughout this year and into 2022.”

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