Truckers at two backlogged US container ports have collectively sat idling for 50 years so far in 2021, data suggests. The average trucker has already spent more time idling than any of the previous three years, the data showed.īig US ports are clogged with containers because of a breakdown in the global supply chain network. Truckers at two major US ports have collectively sat idling for 50 years in 2021, data suggests.

Containers stack up at the Port of Los Angeles, California.