California will allow trucks to temporarily carry slightly heavier loads in its ongoing effort to ease the supply chain congestion at the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports, the governor announced Nov. 17. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s directive will allow trucks to weigh 88,000 pounds, which is an increase of 8,000 pounds, until June 30, 2022. “While that might not pose an immediate relief on the retail front, it will have a substantial benefit on industrial and manufacturing containers that will make their way into the ports of Long Beach and LA,” Newsom said at a Nov. 17 press conference. The governor called the situation a “success,” and praised the work being done by cargo-handlers in the face of mounting merchandise volume. An estimated 32 percent drop in shipping containers removed from the ports in the past few weeks, he said. President Joe Biden Administration’s Port Envoy John D. Porcari, who …