re: The busiest port in America is no longer on the West Coast

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I was going to say that part of the bigger issue with re routing them from the bigger ports to smaller ones would be pick up I'd assume? Those ships are just delivering one way, they have to be able to pick up also. Its not just a matter of bringing goods from China and Asia, its loading them with goods to go elsewhere?

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One of the major issues causing the backup in California was a lack of transport after the containers were unloaded from ships. There were not enough trucks to deliver elsewhere, so containers were piling up and not leaving any room for new ships to unload. While some of the east coast ports are smaller, they were able to expand quickly and had better supply chain management allowing for quicker turnarounds