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How's the container ship backlog at Southern California's ports?

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst

Sep 29, 2022

There are fewer than 10 ships waiting for a berth. “There still are issues, but it’s much better,” a Marine Exchange executive says.

Kip Louttit, right, of the Marine Exchange of Southern California, shows Marketplace’s Kai Ryssdal congestion data at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach while looking at horizon free of container ships.

Maria Hollenhorst/Marketplace

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