In January 2023, port congestion was further alleviated

More than 100 container ships were stranded outside the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports in early 2022, with about 150 ships in all North American portsQueuing.At present, there are almost no ships in ports along the Pacific coast, and there are fewer and fewer ships along the east coast of the United States and the Gulf Coast.

Ship positioning data showed that FridayNorth AmericaThere are only 30 container ships waiting to berth near the port, and the Quantity of ships queuing in all ports has dropped to single digits.Among them, 25 container ships lined up in ports on the east coast of the United States and the Gulf of Mexico, accounting for about half of last year's late November and a quarter of last year's late July.North AmericaNumber of ships queuing in other portsEqual to or less than 2 ships, which have returned to the normal state before COVID-19 pandemic.

Factory shutdowns during the Asian Lunar New Year will affect U.S. imports in the first quarter, giving ports a chance to clear the last backlog of goods.Jeremy Nixon, CEO of ONE, said that the factory shutdown during the Lunar New Year holiday is expected to last until the first week of February, after which it will take several weeks to resume production.

New York/New Jersey Port is currently the largest Container import gateway in the United States, surpassing Los Angeles Port.On Friday, only two container ships were moored in New York and New Jersey.He Beurott said that as imports continue to decline, waiting times are decreasing at all terminals.

Southern California Ocean Exchange CEO Kip Louttit said since Nov. 22, 2022, there have been no lines of ships near the Los Angeles/Long Beach port, the port is full of labor and berths are vacant.

Statistics from Long Beach Port show that imported heavy Container Quantity staying at the dock for 9 days or more are down by 96pc compared with the peak in 2021.There were 65,000 imported Container waiting to be picked up at Long Beach Pier in late November 2021, up from 14,921 last Friday.At Los Angeles Port, the volume of imported heavy boxes stacked for 9 days or more is down by 90% compared with the peak in 2021.

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