SHIP delays in southern California have lengthened this week as more vessels arrived from Asia only to find berths already occupied, reports Lloyd's List.
Most are waiting for LA berths with only three bound for Long Beach. Two bulk carriers are also anchored outside the harbour.
At the end of the day, 14 ships were at anchor outside Los Angeles and Long Beach, according to the Marine Exchange of Southern California. Of those, 12 were containerships, an increase of four from the first of the week.
The situation has been getting worse over the last month with the arrival of the peak of the peak season, chassis shortages, and larger ships and well as rising tensions between management the dockers; union as labour contract talks drag on.
Among anchored ships are the 5,500-TEU APL Holland, 11,310-TEU MSC Francesca - the biggest yet - the 4,250-TEU YM Efficiency, the 5,900-TEU OOCL Kuala Lumpur, the 8,450 TEU Ever Learned and the 4,800-TEU NYK Meteor.
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13 November 2014 - 23:13
LA-Long Beach harbour congestion continues to build as crisis mounts
SHIP delays in southern California have lengthened this week as more vessels arrived from Asia only to find berths already occupied, reports Lloyd's List.
PORTS
13 November 2014 - 23:13
LA-Long Beach harbour congestion continues to build as crisis mounts
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