Ocean cargo handlers are trying to find solutions for the congestion that seems to be never&nbsp;ending for the U.S. container ports. Regardless of any solution, it all comes down to time.&nbsp;Although the ports continue to stay congested, operations in Southern California ports have&nbsp;sped up quite a bit, in January there were 109 containers awaiting their arrival into Los Angeles&nbsp;and Long Beach. As of February, that number has dropped below 60 containers. Ocean carriers&nbsp;are being threatened with imposing a fee of $100 per day for containers on the marine&nbsp;terminals for 9 or more days. The ports have deferred this action, as the backlogs of orders&nbsp;have decreased. Another action taken by the ports and carriers is using Long Beach’s extension&nbsp;of its Short-Term Overflow Resource, the ports will eventually build their seventh container&nbsp;terminal. The state of California has also leased out additional locations for the temporary&nbsp;storage of containers from the ports of Los Angeles Long Beach, and Oakland. Congestion in&nbsp;Southern California is nothing out of the ordinary, for many years they have tried to fix this&nbsp;problem. In 2005, they created a program called PierPass initially this program was to help stop&nbsp;congestion at certain times of the day, now they are finding that it does anything but help.&nbsp; Although time isn’t being used efficiently, they&nbsp;also ran into the problem of not enough labor. Covid-19 has taken a toll on not only inland&nbsp;warehouse facilities but workforces on the docks as well. There haven’t been enough workers&nbsp;to unload but overall, for congestion to decrease it will take a long-term effort that takes into&nbsp;account all departments involved both international and domestic. ﻿In Bee Imagine our ocean freight department monitores containers continuously to schedule the earliest appointment and ensure the cargo is recover as soon as it’s available.

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Ocean cargo handlers are trying to find solutions for the congestion that seems to be never ending for the U.S. container ports. 

Congestion at the ports

Are you waiting for a long overdue package? Your package might be stuck at sea. The Pandemic has taken a huge toll on the supply chain causing numerous amounts of backlogs and shortages. Companies are finding ways to help fix this problem in their supply chain. One problem they have found is that not all materials for a product are made in the same location, for example materials that make boots do not all come from the same place, materials like leather, straps, soles, and so on are each made at different manufacturers and all come together to eventually to be distributed. Supply chains are global and because of this shortage the cost of items has increased. Companies have started to set up factories in multiple parts of the world, so products can be supplied to the closest markets, this will help minimize the risk of shortages; This is known as regionalization. Another strategy companies have come to use is known as nearshoring, this method pulls production from far away and brings them back or closer to where products are distributed and sold.&nbsp;If you find yourself with any logistic problem contact us, we will be happy to help you.

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Supply chains are global and because of this shortage the cost of items has increased.

Congestion at the ports

Problems facing the Global Supply Chain