Container dwell times at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are returning to normal with the pandemic cargo surge easing.
The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association reports that January dwell times at the San Pedro Bay ports averaged 3.2 days for local containers (truck-bound), down from a peak of 8.4 days in November 2021.
For rail-bound containers, January dwell time averaged 4.3 days, down from a peak of 16.5 days in August 2022.
Container dwell times began improving in September after nearly a year of trending upward. The improvement comes as the pandemic-related cargo surge has eased over the last several months and import volumes have now returned to pre-pandemic levels.