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Is The Port of Los Angeles Reaching Its Breaking Point?

by Team Logistics Asia
September 30, 2021
in Risk management, Supply Chain
Is The Port of Los Angeles Reaching Its Breaking Point?
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Around 65 cargo ships have been forced to queue outside two of America’s biggest ports. In the latest sign of supply chain disruption hitting the United States, the ships are stuck outside the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach California which handle 40% of all cargo containers entering the country.

Before the pandemic, it was unusual for more than one ship to wait for a berth. The backlog is linked to surging demand for imports as the United States economy has reopened.

Retailers and manufacturers have rushed to place orders and restock their inventories but the global shipping system is struggling to keep up. It has contributed to shortages of children’s toys, timber, new clothes, and pet food, while also pushing up consumer prices.

Gene Seroka, head of the port of LA, last week warned that a significant volume of cargo was headed to United States throughout this year and into 2022. “We continue to monitor a host of variables, disruptions at every node in the supply chain,” he said.

Together, LA and Long Beach are the main seaborne gateway to the United States, particularly for imports from China. On Saturday (25 Sep), a record 73 ships were stuck outside, almost twice as many as at the same time in August.

Some cargo ships have been diverted because of the backlog which is preventing half a million of containers from being unloaded. But, nearby ports like Oakland do not have the capacity to deal with the volume of trade.

At the port of LA alone, the amount of cargo handled is up 30% this year so far compared with the whole of 2020. The United States toy association which represents 950 toy firms has warned the crisis in California could affect many of its members going into the all important holiday season.

Its members sell US$3 billion toys a year, 85% of which comes from China. The larger retailers have relationships with the shippers and they can weather this storm fairly well.

It is the small companies that are facing the brunt of this impact. They don’t have the leverage or the size to have those annual contracts.

The Californian ports have now agreed to expand the hours during which trucks can pick up and return containers to try to ease the backlog. They are also working with the White House supply chain disruptions task force which was set up in June to try to alleviate bottlenecks.

Other ports in the United States have also seen record shipping congestion while the nation’s second busiest entry point, New York said it faced transit issues outside the port.

Last month, port bosses across the United States told the Wall Street Journal they saw the bottlenecks lasting as long as summer 2022. By tonnage, about 70% of all United States international trade moves by water through America’s ports.

Tags: CargoContainersManufacturersMaritime TransportPortShippingSupply Chain

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