Railroad Cargo Backups Threaten New Logjam: Los Angeles Port Chief

Shipping containers are unloaded from a ship at a container terminal at the Port of Long Beach–Port of Los Angeles complex in Los Angeles on April 7, 2021. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

LOS ANGELES—Railroads and importers must remove cargo that is stacking up at the nation’s busiest seaport in Los Angeles to avoid exacerbating supply chain congestion, the port chief said on Wednesday.

“We must take action on this issue immediately to avoid a nationwide logjam,” Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said on a media call.