According to information from Bloomberg, shipping congestion at the ports of Los Angeles, the United States' largest gateway for imports from Asia, finally started to show signs of relief over the past week after dockworkers managed to reduce the accumulated backlog, which peaked at 40 vessels 6 weeks ago.
According to officials who monitor maritime traffic in San Pedro Bay, in Southern California, as of Sunday, March 13, there were 22 container ships waiting to unload at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. The previous week, there were 29.
13 more ships are expected to arrive over the next 3 days, and 9 of them are ready to drop anchor. The average wait for the docking space is 7.6 days, as reported by the port of Los Angeles.
Port of Oakland
Officials from the Port of Oakland have stated that marine terminals have eliminated the backlog of imports in their container depots and delays are now mainly limited to containers that are still stowed on ships waiting to dock. The terminals are running at night and on weekends to improve cargo flow.
Last Friday, 6 ships were anchored in the San Francisco Bay or sailing out of the Golden Gate waiting to dock in the port, a figure much lower than the 20 boats that were waiting in mid-February. According to port sources, the boat jam should end within 10 days.
The port's two largest terminals are operating at 50-60% of the container yard's capacity, so they have room to handle more volume. On average, 10 boats are loaded and unloaded a day in Oakland, compared to 3 or 5 that are normally loaded or unloaded, the entity said.
Source: Simfruit based on information from MasContainer