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22/10/2021at 15:28

Long Beach logjam of container vessels grows to 80

Bottlenecks at major US container ports in continue to grow, with the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles being the worst hit at the moment. Here, 80 vessels are waiting to berth, according to new figures form Vessels Value.
Photo: Mike Blake/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
by ASTRID STURLASON

On a global level, the queues of container vessels waiting to enter major ports, such as at US ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach as well as Ningbo and Shanghai in China, have shortened.

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