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Cargo Ships Continue To Arrive, Just To End Up Waiting To Get Into Ports Of LA, Long Beach

The bottleneck at the port is due partly to the shortage of trucks and drivers to pick up goods.


LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Los Angeles is no stranger to traffic jams, but not necessarily those in the water.

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The jam in the waters off the Port of Los Angeles continues to get worse, with a new record of 70 cargo ships waiting to get into the LA and Long Beach ports – up from 60 that were spotted last week.

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