With the hgh risk of a strike by workers at East and Gulf Coast ports when their contract expires Sept. 30, importers have been diverting containers to the West Coast for many weeks.

California’s two big ports, Los Angeles and Long Beach, saw their combined inbound container volume surge 47.4% in July from the same month last year and rise another 3.1% from July to August to 966,231 containers, measured in 20-foot equivalent units, its highest level since May 2021.

That volume surge is leading to process delay, as seen in the graphc below.

Souce: Wall Street Journal

"Importers are concerned that if more companies divert cargo to West Coast ports, the gateways will buckle," the Wall Street Journal noted last week.

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