The ports Long Beach and Los Angeles, two of the busiest in the nation, have been working to avoid shipping delays in the aftermath of a major cargo spill in September and a massive fire that erupted last week aboard a container ship.
The past few weeks have been turbulent at the two facilities. The fire broke out on the container ship One Henry Hudson caught on Friday night and burned for days on several levels below deck. The ship was moved out to sea and away from the port early Saturday.
In September, containers toppled off a vessel at the Port of Long Beach, briefly blocking part of the channel. These disruptions come at a time when cargo traffic is already slowing…