News / California leases out container storage sites as part of plan to ease congestion

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The state government of California has moved to lease six off-dock properties, with a standing capacity of some 20,000 containers. The move, announced on 15 February, is the latest in a series of steps designed to alleviate supply chain bottlenecks.

The six sites are located northeast of Los Angeles and east of San Francisco, and have been leased by national warehouse marketplace Chunker from the state Department of General Services for an initial one-year term, with an option for a second ...