From Seattle Ports Offer Relief for L.A. Bottlenecks (SupplyChainBrain):
The wait to enter the nation’s biggest complex — L.A.-Long Beach — stands at eight days, about triple the average delay in November.
The bottlenecks are the confluence of surging imports, sick longshoremen, COVID-19 workplace limitations, and trucker and equipment shortages. All surely to be complicated by a new menace: harsh winter weather that’s grinding an inland transportation system connected by trucks and trains to a halt.