Large number of dock workers infected with the new coronavirus U.S. West Coast’s largest port nearly paralyzed

The Port of Los Angeles (Port of Los Angeles) and the Port of Long Beach (Port of Long Beach), the largest ports on the U.S. West Coast, have a large number of longshoremen infected with the new crown virus, bringing loading and unloading operations to a standstill and bringing the ports to a near standstill.

In the past year, the port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach have experienced the biggest crisis in 10 years due to the frequent outbreaks of the new crown virus. According to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), by late January, the two largest U.S. West Coast ports had about 700 longshoremen infected with the disease, and about 1,800 workers were unable to work properly due to the outbreak.

Although the two ports were open for all terminal handling operations, manpower shortages and the extreme storms that hit the Southern California region last week left the ports with a huge backlog of cargo and slow to a standstill in the unloading of containers.

As the busiest and most important international trade gateway on the entire U.S. West Coast, the two ports are now facing difficulties that will affect the entire U.S. goods supply chain, said William Yu, an economist at the University of California Anderson School of Management in Los Angeles.

William Yu said that the two ports face a new crown Epidemic and bad weather hit, in the short term, the entire U.S. supply chain will be under pressure, U.S. importers, the retail industry will be short of goods, because the port no workers to unload goods. However, this is only a short-term negative impact and the disruption to the supply chain will be short-lived, and I am not worried about the long-term impact.

The Port of Los Angeles, a key gateway for U.S. trade with Asia, is one of the busiest ports in the United States and has ranked as the number one container port in the U.S. every year since 2000; the Port of Long Beach is also the premier gateway for U.S. trade with Asia, handling more than $100 billion in cargo annually.