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California’s massive container-ship traffic jam is still really jammed
Peak shipping season is coming soon and the “parking lot” of container ships stuck at anchor off the coast of California is still there, with Oakland surpassing Los Angeles/Long Beach as the epicenter of congestion.
Shipping giant Maersk warned in a customer advisory on Wednesday that Los Angeles and Long Beach “remain strained with vessel wait times averaging between one to two weeks.” But it said “the situation is even more dire at the Port of Oakland, where wait times now extend up to three weeks.”
West Coast port delays are having severe fallout for liner schedules. Congestion in California equates to canceled voyages as ships can’t get back to Asia in time to load cargo. Even as U.S. import demand soars, the effective capacity in the trans-Pacific trade is being sharply curtailed by voyage cancellations.
Southern California port congestions affect Port of Oakland
Southern California ports have been seeing congestion in the past months, and this is now also affecting other ports. Specifically, the Port of Oakland, located in the San Francisco Bay, has been seeing a decline in their cargo volume in January, as a result of the spreading supply chain congestion. Andrew Hwang, Manager of Business Development and International Marketing, Maritime Division for the Port of Oakland shares: “We won’t have the February figures until mid-March, but our sense is that once the logjam in Southern California begins to ease, then more ships will be released. As that happens, those vessels scheduled for Oakland will set sail for our seaport here in Northern California and boost the number of ships calling in Oakland.”
Port of Oakland welcomes its tallest cranes yet into the harbor
Crane arrival; Image courtesy Port of Oakland
Colossal cranes have arrived into the Port of Oakland’s harbor on board the heavy-lift vessel Zhen Hua 35.
Stevedoring Services of America (SSA) has invested in the three giant cranes for its Oakland International Container Terminal (OICT). The cranes were ordered from Shanghai-based ZPMC.
The investment is valued at $30 million.
#Timelapse video – The clouds lifted, the sun emerged, and the ship with Oakland s tallest cranes came into the harbor – fun to watch the time lapse of the vessel appearing out of the fog and docking #giantcranes2021#tallestcranes#Oakland#maritimepic.twitter.com/W7J8WoYt9C Port of Oakland (@PortofOakland) January 14, 2021