‘Vanishing’ ships underscore supply woe at the ports

‘Vanishing’ ships underscore supply woe at the ports

By Brendan Murray | Bloomberg
A line of more than 80 container ships waiting to dock at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, was cut in half in late November — or so it seemed. Turns out the vessels disappearing from the queue were merely hiding from it, loitering in the Pacific out of reach of the official count.
The actual bottleneck at midweek stood at 96 ships. In a recurring…

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