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'We Currently Have No Container Ships,' Seattle Port Says

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232 points pseudolus | 1 comments | 10 May 25 15:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.277s | source
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snozolli ◴[10 May 25 17:23 UTC] No.43947299[source]▶
I find it odd that recent articles are always about the Port of Seattle. From a quick Google search, it looks like the busiest US ports are Los Angeles, Long Beach, Port of New York, Port of Savannah, then Port of Seattle. As of 2018, the Port of Los Angeles alone was almost 3x busier than the Port of Seattle.

Not that it isn't worth noting, but I'm much more interested in overall volume across all of the nation's ports, and especially the West Coast ports.

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tokai ◴[10 May 25 17:28 UTC] No.43947342[source]▶
I don't follow you. You can find numerous articles about cargo rates falling for those ports as well.
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1. snozolli ◴[10 May 25 17:56 UTC] No.43947564[source]▶
I don't follow you

What's not to follow? Numerous articles have been published with sensational headlines like "the Port of Seattle is empty". It's the smallest port on the West Coast.

As others have posted, LA is down 35%. That's useful information, not "this much smaller port is empty!"