SHIPPING SURGE CREATES CONGESTION
Despite relief efforts, congestion at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the largest port complex in the United States, was worsening as the holiday shipping season kicked into high gear. With the backlog at the ports expected to continue for the next several months, pressure to deliver holiday stock to increasingly nervous retailers is forcing some shippers to divert vessels to other ports. Michael Rosenfeld reports.
Despite relief efforts, congestion at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the largest port complex in the United States, was worsening as the holiday shipping season kicked into high gear. With the backlog at the ports expected to continue for the next several months, pressure to deliver holiday stock to increasingly nervous retailers is forcing some shippers to divert vessels to other ports. Michael Rosenfeld reports.
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