101 ships waiting for berth space at LA and Long Beach

The growing number of containerships straddling the Pacific shoreline waiting for a berth space to open up at Los Angeles and Long Beach is now in excess of 100.

Spread out across 1,000 miles of North American coastline, stretching deep into Mexico, there are 101 boxships anchored or loitering, waiting for space at America’s twin top gateways, according to the latest data from the Marine Exchange of Southern California. The typical pre-pandemic fortnight’s passage for ships transiting from Asia to North America is now soaking up enormous capacity with some voyages taking longer than 45 days to berth.

Last month, American authorities pushed the vessel parking lot away from the California coast, asking ships to idle some 150 miles from the coastline.

The latest data from the Marine Exchange of Southern California shows there are 101 containerships backed up – 30 ships anchored or loitering inside Southern California waters plus 71 slow-speed-steaming or loitering outside the designated safety and air quality area.

Highlighting the extreme waiting time for ships across the Pacific trade lane, Sal Mercogliano, an associate professor at Campbell University in North Carolina, pointed towards the Navios Amarillo waiting off Baja, Mexico.

The 4,250 TEU Navios Amarillo left the South Korean port of Busan on November 17 and is currently anchored in Mexican waters with scheduled berthing in Los Angeles on January 2, making for a 46-day transit.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach yesterday announced that the planned container excess dwell fee has been put on hold for another week. The fine was first mooted in October but has yet to be introduced.

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