The article states a huge spike in imports are causing a traffic jam worse than when the port of LA workers went on strike a few years ago. I went searching for the "why" behind imports spiking and came across this:
>U.S. consumers dramatically increase spending on goods as their ability to spend on services was constrained [by COVID] and that their lost income from unemployment would be counterbalanced by stimulus.
>U.S. consumers dramatically increase spending on goods as their ability to spend on services was constrained [by COVID] and that their lost income from unemployment would be counterbalanced by stimulus.
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/data-reveals-unprecedented...