LOS ANGELES—A fine on lingering containers at the Los Angeles ports, which never went into effect since its inception, was delayed for the ninth time in a row on Jan. 14, one day after the Harbor Commission voted 5–0 to extend the period of imposing the fine through April 29. Now the ports will potentially…

LOS ANGELES—The Port of Los Angeles announced Nov. 18 and cargo volume this year has been 22 percent higher than at this time in 2020. “Amid the array of challenges facing the supply chain, we continue to deliver more cargo than ever,” Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said. “The National Retail Federation…

The backlog of container ships at ports along Southern California’s coast has reached record highs despite the Biden administration’s push last month to get goods moving 24 hours a day, according to recent data. The supply-chain bottlenecks show little sign of easing, according to data from the Marine Exchange released Tuesday, which reveal that there…

As longshoremen work around the clock to mitigate the container ship backlogs at the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach, more empty shipping containers have been abandoned in the nearby neighborhoods to make space for unloading cargo. Over 400 citations have been issued for illegally stored containers in Wilmington, a neighborhood in the Harbor…

Commentary Siyamak Khorrami, host of  “California Insider,” talks to Dr. Salvatore Mercoglinao in this episode called “Delays, High Prices, and Shortages: The Consequences of Los Angeles’s Congested Ports.” Mercogliano is a professor of Maritime Industry Policy at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and professor of History at Campbell University. They discuss how the current backlog at…