Import Shipping Points Of Entry Moving Away From West Coast: Chart

From The Wall Street Journal, "California Long Ruled U.S. Shipping. Importers Are Drifting East. Companies that depended on the West Coast as a point of entry for their goods are turning to other parts of the country as global trade gets upended" by Paul Berger and photographs by David Walter Banks:

The hierarchy of U.S. ports is getting shaken up. Companies across many industries are rethinking how and where they ship goods after years of relying heavily on the western U.S. as an entry point, betting that ports in the East and the South can save them time and money while reducing risk.

Their reasons range from fears of a dockworkers strike along the West Coast and a repeat of the bottlenecks that roiled supply chains early in the pandemic to a reduced dependence on Chinese production and the need to get products to all parts of the country faster.

In August, Los Angeles lost its title as busiest port in the nation to the Port of New York and New Jersey as measured by the number of imported containers. It trailed its East Coast rival again in that measure during September and October, according to the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association and ports data.

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Source: The Wall St Journal