News / US drayage challenges shift – alongside container imports – from coast to coast

Port of Savannah. Source Ports of Georgia.

Having grappled with congestion at the port complex of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the problems at New York and New Jersey present a sense of déjà vu, to Paul Brashier, VP of drayage and intermodal, at ITS Logistics.

Port congestion has shifted from the west coast to the east – last week, there were 130 containerships waiting for berth space at US ports, but only a quarter of those were queueing on the west coast.

As shippers shifted Asian imports from ...