The twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are seeing progress in reducing one of the worst backlogs of container ships in history waiting in the San Pedro Bay. As of June 1, there were 11 container ships at anchor in the bay waiting to reach port terminals, which is 10 ships less from the last report May 28. It signals a major decrease and the lowest amount of container ships at anchor since Nov. 22, though two more container ships are set to arrive soon. The Los Angeles and Long Beach ports have been working to reduce the amount of backlog that saw up to 40 ships at anchorage in early February. While port officials started to see a noticeable uptick in ships last July, ships did not start needing to be anchored in the bay until around last October, when the backlog began. While the record backlog for some of the nation’s most important port terminals was caused by a variety of reasons, Port of Long Beach deputy executive director …