News / Today on the transpacific: continued congestion and more blanked sailings

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Container lines are making determined efforts to get boxes back into position and to return to some schedule integrity – but it is unclear how likely they are to succeed.

The spectre of the port of Los Angeles imposing charges for empty containers sitting on its docks is fading as the port authority mulls over alternatives. At the same time, carriers have stepped up their efforts to shift empty boxes to Asia.

At the beginning of January, Gene Seroka, the port’s executive ...