Economics
The World’s Other Major Shipping Pileup Is Still Clogging Trade
- The average wait for L.A. port berth space rises to 7.9 days
- L.A. is biggest U.S. gateway for goods imported from Asia
Container ships wait offshore at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California, U.S. on Thursday, March 25..
Photographer: Bing Guan/Bloomberg
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Ship congestion outside the biggest U.S. gateway for Asian imports worsened from a week ago, highlighting a headwind facing American companies just as a pileup around the Suez Canal threatens to tangle Europe’s supply chains.