Union Pacific has paused any containers leaving the inland port of Denver to the Union Pacific rail ramps for three terminals at the Port of Los Angeles.
Forty-five large commercial ships are currently on their way to Los Angeles, expecting to arrive within the next 2 weeks, according to tracking data from MarineTraffic, with 18 of those vessels scheduled to arrive within the next 5 days. Adil Ashiq, head of North America for MarineTraffic,
Overall, the West Coast ports have lost trade to the East Coast and Gulf Coast ports. CNBC has been tracking the container volumes of the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Houston, New York, and Savannah. The majority of items listed in the 320 containers brought in was all the trade originated from Canada, which include things like fresh apples and lentils, as well as frozen fish, poultry, and meat, according to customs data analyzed by ImportGenius.
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