Cargo traffic at ports on the West coast of the USA for the third month paralyze the shipment of products: from clothing for yoga to frozen French fries.

The national retail Federation reported that the cargo, which is usually two or three days through the problematic ports that allow almost half of the sea trade of the United States and more than 70% of imports from Asia, now delayed up to two weeks.

The most severe congestion is observed at the ports of Los Angeles and long beach, two of the most major freight centers of the country, where 11 ships are at anchor, waiting for the opening of the berths.

The representative of the port of Los Angeles reported that since mid-October, when delays, every day from 8 to 18 cargo ships waiting to be loaded.

In other ports on the West coast, including Seattle and Such in the state of Washington, not such a big delay.

Slow loading in ports coincided with the prolonged negotiations on employment between 20 000 dockers and the Pacific Maritime Association, which represents terminal operators and shipping lines 29 ports on the West coast. 30 June was the end of their last contract.

Leadership has accused the international Association of port and warehouse workers in the deliberate organization of some delays in the docks, in order to gain an advantage at the negotiating table.

Trade Union officials deny the creation of protest delays.

They point to other factors that official representatives of the ports referred to as the main reasons for congestion.

The main factor is the lack of chassis tractors used to transport cargo containers from the ports, because shippers have decided to sell their chassis lessors of equipment.

The Union and representatives of the ports also known to cause problems with record levels of imports during the peak of the cargo of the season, the delay train and the emergence of a giant container vessels supplying large cargo volumes.