The "slow and go" pace of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union workforce at West Coast ports has slowed ground port productivity to a crawl.
"Our data shows that vessels will continue arriving at West Coast ports in the coming days with significant amounts of cargo to unload," said Kyle Henderson, CEO of Vizion.
Truck and container backupsThe average truck turns to go in and out of the West Coast ports are up.
West Coast ports, which had lost significant volume to East Coast ports over the past year due to volatility in the labor contract talks, had in recent months begun to gain back volume.
Recent Panama Canal low water levels limited cargo throughput, and soon after that, large parts of U.S. West Coast ports stopped handling inbound and outbound container trade.
Persons:
Kyle Henderson, lashers, Xeneta, Peter Sand, Hapag Lloyd, Paul Brashier, Jerome Powell, Jonathan Ostry
Organizations:
Fenix Marine Services, Warehouse, Port, CNBC, Vizion, Logistics, Pacific Maritime Association, Long, PMA, Marine Services, East Coasts, Fenix Marine, U.S ., East Coast Ports, CMA, ITS Logistics, Los Angeles, Federal, Georgetown
Locations:
West Coast, Port of Oakland, Port of Los Angeles, Long Beach , California, Oakland, Los Angeles, Long, Port of Long, Long Beach, Seattle, Tacoma, West, U.S, East, Coast, East Coast, Panama, U.S . West Coast, Gulf, Asia, South America, Los, Houston, Savannah