Cargo shifts back to US west coast ports, but some has gone for good
Beneficial cargo owners have begun to move traffic back to US west coast ports from ...
Walmart has begun diverting containers away from the congested US west coast Los Angeles-Long Beach gateway with reports of ships now waiting for days to secure a berth. Some of the worst congestion in living memory is caused by a confluence of factors, and it would appear to have little end in sight. And US retailers are really beginning to suffer as a result, as this Reuters report describes.
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