Ships Wait At Sea to Offload ‘All-Time Import Record’ of Consumer Goods

Cargo ships await unloading off the Port of Long Beach, Calif., on Oct. 27, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

The Port of Los Angeles is struggling to accommodate the demand of American consumers as record imports flow into the country while a 100-ship queue remains at sea waiting to berth.

With no end in sight to traffic congestion, officials at the nation’s busiest port are fighting an uphill battle to keep the shelves in the country stocked with goods. “The sustained and unmatched demand by the American consumer is pushing our import numbers to new levels,” Gene Seroka, LA Port’s executive director, told reporters in an online briefing. “We’re on track for an all-time import record in ... 2021.”