From the Journal of Commerce:

The same congestion that snarled U.S. Pacific Coast ports earlier this year is headed for ports on the East Coast, a BNSF Railway executive warned earlier this week.

“Port congestion, many have said, is not over,” Dean Wise, BNSF vice president of network strategy said Tuesday at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ State of Logistics event in Washington, D.C. “We’re seeing a lot of it shift to the East Coast.”

Wise suggested that the U.S. is witnessing a shift now, not only in cargo, but congestion, as East Coast ports continue to report cargo diversions, organic growth and larger vessels pulling into their waters.

Reports directly from port authorities have shown surging container volumes and rising vessel sizes have extended wait times for harbor truckers and vessels at some East Coast ports.

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