At the entrance to San Pedro Bay, which is home to the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, around fifteen freighters and container ships were still waiting in recent days, being unable to dock and disembark. their goods.
The situation does not date from the accidental blockage of the Suez Canal but has been usual for months.
At the end of January, up to 60 ships were anchored in the bay, while in March, around forty of them took their troubles patiently.
These huge boats with multicolored boxes loaded with telephones, furniture, clothing, auto parts or household appliances, have become accustomed to waiting 7 or 8 days and sometimes two weeks to enter the port.
An unprecedented situation, since
"under normal conditions, container ships rarely anchor,"
points out Kip Louttit, head of the Marine Exchange of Southern California.
It is true that in February, 177 container ships, i.e. more than 800,000 containers,
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