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Los Angeles/Long
Beach
congestion worsens
Of the
46 containerships in port on Tuesday, September 8th, 22 were at
anchor. Time to work vessels is now up to eight days. The delays have put
strong pressure on the fixed-day weekly schedules to Los Angeles-Long
Beach. To date, the lines have dropped Asian port calls to maintain
schedules.
As
reported by the Journal of Commerce, vessels are anchored as far south as
Huntington Beach, about 15 miles south of the harbor. The PMA and ILWU,
putting on a brave face, point to the ramping up of casual labor. 260 of
the newly-hired longshoremen have been thrown into the fray this week with
250 new workers added each week for much of the fall. Severe system
capacity limitations cannot be answered by this single solution.
Both
major railroad servicing these ports, UP and the Burlington Northern Santa
Fe, have placed limits on the number of containers they will move out of
the ports to help address their own yard congestion. |
