Monday, 71 container ships were waiting to dock in Long Beach and Los Angeles on the US west coast. All in all, 92 ships were waiting outside the strained ports recently hit by new coronavirus outbreaks.
Although numbers vary week by week, the line of container ships waiting outside the ports in Long Beach and Los Angeles is still long.
Monday, 71 container ships were queued up in the waters outside the ports, according to an update by analyst firm VesselsValue. The ships represented a total capacity of 512,717 teu.
VesselsValue has counted container ships moving with a speed of 8 knots or lower. Counting other types of cargo ships, 92 ships were waiting to unload.
In the beginning of January, president and CEO of the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) Jim McKenna said that the US west coast ports were facing two “horrible” weeks as a result of coronavirus outbreaks among dock employees.
In particular, the ports at Long Beach and Los Angeles are struggling with lack of capacity in the US supply chains following great US demand for Asian commodities.
In order to deal with the bottlenecks on the long term, the governor of California announced on Jan. 10 that the state intends to invest USD 2.3bn in new and improved infrastructure in and around the ports.
