[Source: Transport Topics] — It is unlikely that in the long history of the Port of Los Angeles and its adjacent partner, the Port of Long Beach, have those facilities and others across the nation received as much news coverage as in 2021 because of the supply chain crisis.
As the COVID-19 pandemic raged in 2020, cargo container volumes at the nation’s seaports plunged at some facilities to 2017 levels, only to snap back to record highs just six months later as the U.S. economy recovered from the short but deep recession.
