News / West coast port congestion 'could last until summer peak season'

Triple ULCS Call at APM terminals Pier 400 Los Angeles February 2015

Major port and landside congestion at US west coast ports could last until the summer peak season, according to ocean carriers attending the JOC’s virtual TPM21 conference this week.

Ocean Network Express (ONE) CEO Jeremy Nixon and Hapag-Lloyd CEO Rolf Habben Jansen both warned of a “difficult” period leading up to the start of the traditional peak season.

MSC’s US president and CEO, Fabio Santucci, said he believed the supply chain disruptions on the transpacific were “temporary issues”, which would be resolved ...