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Stubborn supply chain woes are resisting Biden’s remedies

California ports announce new fees as offshore traffic jam worsens

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6 minNighttime operations continue at the Port of Los Angeles on Oct. 25. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
By David J. Lynch
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A deepening freight logjam is defying President Biden’s hopes of restoring normal cargo movements, hampering the economic recovery and threatening consumers’ holiday shopping plans.

Two weeks after Biden administration officials announced steps toward round-the-clock operations at the nation’s chief port complex, the backlog of ships anchored off the coast of Southern California has only grown larger. There is little sign that truckers are taking advantage of terminals’ extended hours to move containers off the crowded docks.
At APM Terminals’ Pier 400 in Long Beach, Calif., the largest such privately owned facility in North America, nearly half of the 2,000 available appointments for truckers went unused Friday, according to Maersk, which owns the site.

So much for central planning.