News / US east coast ports expand to handle traffic bypassing congestion in the west

Inland Port of South Carolina Ports Authority © Alstoddard |

While the US east coast ports are in expansion mode, anticipating growth, the nation’s prime maritime gateway on the west coast remains choked with traffic.

The congestion that has plagued the port complex of Los Angeles and Long Beach in recent months has got worse lately, with dwell times for vessels of almost a week, while on the docks containers pile up, slowing movement of boxes off the facilities.

There has been rapid growth in container volumes at the port complex, which ...