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West Coast Ports, Dockworkers Face 2022 Clash Amid Port Snarls

With a near-record 75 container ships waiting outside the U.S.’s largest port complex in southern California, unionized dockworkers have strengthened their indispensable role in the supply chain.

A dockworker monitors a shipping container being loaded onto a freight train. Photo: Bloomberg.

U.S. Retail Lobby Sends S.O.S. to Congress on Supply Chain Chaos

The U.S.’s biggest retail lobby asked Congress to pass a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package as well as update shipping and trucking laws to ease a supply chain crisis that’s raising prices and causing shortages.

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Photo: Bloomberg.

L.A. Ports Announce New Fees Aimed at Clearing Cargo

Under the new policy, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles will charge ocean carriers for each container that falls into one of two categories.

Shipping containers are stacked at the Port of Los Angeles. Photo: Bloomberg.

Long Beach Eases Container Rules to Tackle ‘National Emergency’

Officials in Long Beach, California, relaxed restrictions on storing shipping containers in a bid to ease a bottleneck that’s left nearly 80 vessels waiting offshore to enter the biggest U.S. gateway for ocean freight.

A truck stops at the Port of Long Beach. Photo: Bloomberg.

Biden Races Clock But Holds Few Tools in Supply Chain Crisis

While Republicans point to the supply chain as further evidence the president is mismanaging the economy, the issues are deep-rooted.

Photo: Bloomberg.

Long Beach Port Chief: ‘Shop Early’ as Snarls to Last All Year

Americans should buy their holiday gifts early this year, as the container glut plaguing ports and the supply chain will persist through at least year-end, the head of California’s Port of Long Beach said.

Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

California Governor Eyes Expansion, Automation to Ease Port Congestion

An executive order signed Wednesday asks state agencies to identify “priority freight routes,” and find sites that can be used for short-term storage of container cargo.

Shipping containers in the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

Music, Barbecues, Wi-Fi: Managing Morale for Those Idled at Sea

With many of the world’s 400,000 merchant mariners still struggling to take time off and go home, seafarer fatigue remains a problem heading into the second holiday season of the pandemic.

Container ships moored off the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports in Long Beach, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

Global Port Gridlock Threatens Economies Everywhere

Global ports are growing more gridlocked as the pandemic era’s supply shocks intensify, threatening to spoil the holiday shopping season, erode corporate profits and drive up consumer prices.

Container ships moored off the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports in Long Beach, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

Port-Crisis Plan Seeks Inland U.S. Terminals, More Truckers

Commitments from shippers and cargo owners to move toward around-the-clock unloading at the docks in Los Angeles are a first step to addressing a national supply chain backlog.

Truck chassis sit stacked at the APM shipping terminal in the Port of Los Angeles. Photo: Bloomberg.

Biden Confronts Supply Chain Crisis Stretching Past His Grip

President Biden wants to break a logjam at U.S. ports and stave off a holiday season of shortages and delays — bottlenecks that officials and stakeholders say extend far beyond the reach of the White House.

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on supply chain bottlenecks ahead of the Christmas shopping season. Photo: Bloomberg.

China's Golden Week Adds to Global Shipping Delays

China’s week-long holiday has exacerbated congestion at two of the country’s busiest ports — Shanghai and Ningbo — where hundreds of cargo ships are waiting to berth.

An aerial view of the Port of Shanghai in Shanghai, China. Photo: Getty Images.

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