Ports of LA/Long Beach Experiencing Congestion, Delays
The ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach are experiencing severe congestion and are experiencing major delays.  The ports have a shortage of equipment, which is also causing a snowball effect.  This unfortunately has a negative impact not only on the ports, but also on the U.S. rail and intermodal trucking networks nationwide. 
The latest information shows 8-10 vessels currently at anchor waiting berth space. Thousands of import containers are being held at the terminals and some at pier for up to three weeks due to unplanned stacking. Containers are also backed up at the rail pending transportation to the port for export.
There are a number of factors that may result in additional charges to customers, and rates are expected to rise as well.
Congestion has mainly been caused by the prioritization of ultra-large container ships (ULCSs) which have capacities between 10,000 and 25,000 TEU, delays shipments by smaller container ships carrying capacities of less than 10,000 TEU. It has become more common for US container ports to give priority to ULCSs over non-ULCs in the use of their port channels.
According to an article on JOC.com by Wayne Talley, the large number of TEU unloaded from (and loaded to) ULCSs at container ports and the mere sizes of ULCSs that call container ports can result in port congestion. Container port congestion occurs when containers (vehicles and ships) interfere with one another in the use of the port’s container (vehicle and ship) services to the extent that the waiting times for containers (vehicles and ships) to use these services increase.
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