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A surge in cargo spurred in part by retailers redirecting traffic from the West Coast gateways has caused backups of container ships at ports along the East Coast, adding to the growing supply chain congestion across the United States.

Imports are tumbling at the nation’s busiest container port complex even as the backup of ships waiting to unload there breaks records. Combined inbound volume fell about 14% at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., in December compared to one year ago, according to preliminary data from the ports. It was the ...

Thomas Curwen/Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — The sea is calm tonight. The breeze is light. An easy swell rolls beneath the Delta Teresa, a tugboat idling at the entrance to Long Beach Harbor. In the darkness where sky and water meet, nearly three dozen tankers and containers ships ride at anchor. L

LOS ANGELES — The sea is calm tonight. The breeze is light. An easy swell rolls beneath the Delta Teresa, a tugboat idling at the entrance to Long Be

LOS ANGELES — The sea is calm tonight. The breeze is light. An easy swell rolls beneath the Delta Teresa, a tugboat idling at the entrance to Long Beach Harbor.

From the deck of a tugboat serving the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the supply chain crisis boils down to this: So little time, so much stuff.