News / Pop-up container yards act as a pressure valve for port congestion

Walmart has developed an empty space near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach into a pop-up container yard.

The aim is to store containers off dock and alleviate the pressure the ports have come under since import volumes rebounded so heavily last year.

“Check this out – this was an empty lot near the LA/LB ports just four weeks ago,” posted Walmart EVP supply chain operations Joe Metzger on social media, with a photo (see above).

“Now it processes over 500 ...