https://www.autonews.com/retail/vehicles-pile-calif-ports
(largely from Bloomberg)
Nissan Armada SUVs, Rogue crossovers and Infiniti sedans - ship drops anchor for several days rather than unloading.
"Dealers aren't really accepting cars and fleet sales are down because rental-car and fleet operators aren't taking delivery either," said John Felitto, a senior vice president for the U.S. unit of Norwegian shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen. "This is different from anything we've seen before. Everyone is full to the brim."
The majority of the quarter million cars imported from Japan last year came through West Coast ports, mostly via L.A. and Long Beach, according to IHS Markit PIERS data. Some East Coast ports such as in Brunswick, Ga., are experiencing higher-than-normal inventory, but industry officials say the main logjam is on the West Coast.
"It is very abnormal for a container ship, a car carrier or a cruise ship not to go right to the berth, discharge and be on their way," said Kipling Louttit, executive director of the Marine Exchange of Southern California, a non-profit that monitors commercial ship traffic.
(largely from Bloomberg)
Nissan Armada SUVs, Rogue crossovers and Infiniti sedans - ship drops anchor for several days rather than unloading.
"Dealers aren't really accepting cars and fleet sales are down because rental-car and fleet operators aren't taking delivery either," said John Felitto, a senior vice president for the U.S. unit of Norwegian shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen. "This is different from anything we've seen before. Everyone is full to the brim."
The majority of the quarter million cars imported from Japan last year came through West Coast ports, mostly via L.A. and Long Beach, according to IHS Markit PIERS data. Some East Coast ports such as in Brunswick, Ga., are experiencing higher-than-normal inventory, but industry officials say the main logjam is on the West Coast.
"It is very abnormal for a container ship, a car carrier or a cruise ship not to go right to the berth, discharge and be on their way," said Kipling Louttit, executive director of the Marine Exchange of Southern California, a non-profit that monitors commercial ship traffic.