LA/Long Beach ready for potential Red Sea diversions
Nominal increase in cargo is result of labour resolution, not Red Sea disruption, port of Long Beach chief Mario Cordero tells regulators
While no data currently indicates widespread diversions from the US east coast because of the Red Sea crisis, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have sufficient capacity to deal with additional cargo, port of Long Beach executive director Mario Cordero told FMC commissioners in a hearing. Jonathan Gold of the National Retail Federation warned that congestion could hit west coast ports in four to six weeks
