California port shipping crisis: Zero vessels crossing from China
By Ellsworth Tooheyd, Boing Boing
Remember when Trump swaggered around claiming trade wars were easy to win? Well, grab your binoculars and stare at the Pacific Ocean, where precisely zero ships are currently sailing from China to California’s biggest ports.
As reported in CNN, the San Pedro Bay Complex is looking about as busy as a vegetarian steakhouse. We’re talking a 35-40% cargo drop at Long Beach and 31% at Los Angeles. The last time it was this dead, we were all hiding from COVID and discovering that baking sourdough wasn’t as easy as we’d thought.
