Worst congestion in a decade threatens retailer holiday shipments from Long Beach and Los Angeles
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Los Angeles Times] By Andrew Khouri Oct 27, 2014
The twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are experiencing a logistical nightmare as they struggle to ease a bottleneck that could undermine retailers' all-important holiday shopping season and threaten the competitiveness of the region's economic engine.
In the worst shipping crisis in a decade, mammoth vessels loaded with products destined for the nation's stores are sitting idle just off the coast, waiting for cargo languishing on the docks to clear.
"We have a meltdown on the harbor," said Robert Curry, president of California Cartage Co., a trucking firm that serves the two ports. "Every day it gets worse."
The delays are racking up costs for retailers, who have started to reroute their goods...
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