Having learned last year's hard lessons, America's ports are successfully avoiding gridlock after investing in both equipment and personnel. More contingency time has been built into schedules, and while ships are still arriving full, they are not having to wait around for a berth. This is in sharp contrast to the cargo chaos seen last year, with the flood of Chinese imports throwing sailing schedules into confusion and making delays routine.

Longshore workers join fellow labour activists to show support for truckers