65 Ships Anchored in LA and LB Ports

February 18, 2021

What to expect?

Carriers will stop taking bookings for LA/WC service OR reduce dramatically for a few weeks
They will probably try to break it up over a period of time, for example 2 weeks on/2 weeks off or 3 to 1 etc. rather than not ship to the WC at all for weeks on end…
This means other ports, which are also congested, will become even more so
This will help the LA congestion but will continue to exacerbate the inconsistent schedules we are now facing
It will be 3 months at the earliest before we are anywhere near “normal” in terms of ocean space/schedule – very likely it will take longer
Chaos and lack of capacity or available equipment will continue to keep the rates high in this trade

Here is some more information from Senior Editor Kim Link-Wills of FreightWaves:

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/62-ships-at-anch...

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